Rep. Gary Gates Wants to Protect the Texas Affordability Advantage
Texas built its growth story on a simple promise: a family could move here and afford a home.
Texas built its growth story on a simple promise: a family could move here and afford a home.
In January 2005, Kristen Doyle was a 32-year-old utility lawyer at the top of her game.
The numbers sound almost implausible: more than 400 gigawatts of prospective new electricity users are asking to connect to the Texas grid — roughly four times the state's all-time current demand — and the vast majority are data centers.
Texas is learning to adjust quickly to rapid population growth and increasingly frequent extreme weather.
Building a successful business sometimes begins with solving other people's problems.
Government regulations rarely disappear once they're created, even as industries, technology and the public demands change.
State and federal officials are working to stop the spread of the New World screwworm while veterinarians are monitoring animals for signs of infestation, treating sick animals, and helping contain further outbreaks.
Economic downturns, political battles, and even a global pandemic have forced many leaders to reinvent themselves.
Texas lawmakers will address public safety concerns in the 2027 legislative session, as well as new areas of focus, including fraud prevention to access to legal services in rural communities.
The Robb Elementary School shooting shocked Texas and exposed failures in systems to protect children from school shootings.