As billions flow into transportation, water and public works, the push to build faster may be putting construction quality at ...

Public utilities — especially water and plumbing systems — are experiencing higher demand and more frequent service ...

As she campaigns to become Texas’ next governor, Gina Hinjosa is making affordability, water access and public education ...

Texas is learning, in real time, what happens when water planning lags behind water reality. Nowhere is that clearer than in Corpus Christi, where a convergence of drought, infrastructure limits, and ...

Texas communities will need to spend $174 billion in the next 50 years to avert a severe water crisis, a new state analysis revealed Thursday. That’s more than double the $80 billion projected four ...

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The cost to stave off future water crises in Texas just went up – by a lot. According to a draft 2027 State Water Plan approved on Thursday, Texas will need to invest $174 billion over the next 50 ...

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Rising fuel prices are forcing shrimpers across Southeast Texas to reconsider whether they can afford to leave the dock. Shrimpers say diesel prices that were once near $2 a ...

PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Rising fuel prices are putting pressure on local food truck owners, forcing many to adapt their operations while trying to avoid passing higher costs onto customers. Food truck ...

As Texas confronts decades of water mismanagement and growing demands for electricity from data centers, the state’s top utility regulator, Public Utility Commission Chairman Thomas Gleeson, told a ...

From Inside Climate News: JIM WELLS COUNTY, Texas—Dwindling levels in this region’s main reservoirs have triggered a rush on local aquifers as cities, towns, chemical plants and ranchers drill for ...