Travis County Republican Party chair Matt Mackowiak announced on Monday that he was stepping down immediately.

The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) released its Texas Infrastructure Report Card on Tuesday, which provides a sobering assessment of the state's ailing infrastructure.

A state Senate panel on Monday will consider legislation that would ban the online ticket brokers from operating in Texas.

There's a political logjam in Texas that's preventing ambitious Republicans from moving into more prominent roles. Gov. Greg ...

Electricity congestion creates big problems when demand rises. This crowding costs Texans $2 billion per year in charges.

The state is aggressively pushing to deploy the next generation of atomic energy that would power big industrial operations.

Texas Pacific Land returned 37% per year, beating the impressive 18% annual return of the Nasdaq Composite. See why I'm ...

Two strong earthquakes hit the Permian Basin, the largest U.S. oilfield, this week, shaking the Texas oil industry and ...

Pipeline failures, and inability of the RRC restrictions to stop M5 earthquakes, are troubling as earthquakes up to M6 might ...

An arctic blast has enveloped Texas, plunging temperatures well below freezing in many regions of the state. Despite the ...

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