Texas’ new private-school voucher program could more than double in cost during the next state budget cycle, and the price could climb higher as another round of families applies. Travis Pillow, assistant program director for the Texas Education Freedom Accounts...
Dallas officials have missed their own deadline for presenting options to move city operations out of the I.M. Pei-designed City Hall, leaving the future of one of the city’s signature buildings in limbo. The Dallas City Council voted in June to let City Manager...
The Texas Association of Business (TAB) has selected Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Executive Director Kelly Keel as its next president and CEO, turning to a longtime state administrator after a period of leadership upheaval at TAB. Keel will begin Oct. 2,...
The Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) has approved $69.5 million in state grants for 17 canal modernization projects in the Rio Grande Valley, part of a $163.6 million package intended to reduce water losses in irrigation networks serving Hidalgo and Cameron...
Data centers, manufacturing projects and other large electricity users are driving a projected 224-gigawatt increase in North American summer peak demand over the next decade. In addition to building more transmission lines, utilities and regional grid operators are...