Small nuclear reactors may be coming to Texas, boosted by interest from Gov. Abbott
A nuclear power plant hasnโt been built in Texas in decades because of cost and public fears of a major accident. Now the governor wants to find out if smaller reactors could meet the stateโs growing need for on-demand power.
Explosion at historic Texas hotel injures 21 and scatters debris in downtown Fort Worth
Firefighters are scouring the wreckage of a historic Fort Worth hotel as they investigate the cause of a massive explosion that shattered windows, littered the streets with debris and injured 21 people, including one critically.
North Texas CEO, his 2 kids killed in Hill Country crash while on way to visit family for Thanksgiving
The CEO of a North Texas construction firm and his two children were killed in a crash in Blanco County while they were on their way to visit family for Thanksgiving, according to company officials and media reports.
With no new funding from the state, Texas schools are breaking the bank to pay for teacher raises
Lawmakers this year didnโt approve extra money to help schools pay for raises despite having an unprecedented $32 billion surplus โ even after Gov. Greg Abbott commissioned a task force last year to improve teacher pay and retention.
GOP donor, voter fraud activist is a finalist to run elections in Tarrant County
Karen Wiseman previously sued former election administrator Heider Garcia and participated in a right-wing groupโs search for 2020 voter fraud. Sheโs one of the three finalists, none of which have experience running elections.
Big 12 Conference creates โBig 12 Mexicoโ, considering first bowl game in bordering country
The Big 12 Conference on Thursday announced the creation of Big 12 Mexico, an โinternational extensionโ that will attempt to showcase menโs and womenโs basketball games, along with both womenโs soccer and baseball games in the bordering country.
Progressive causes lose big in San Antonio and El Paso charter elections
San Antonio voters rejected by wide margins an effort to decriminalize abortion and require police to issue citations rather than make arrests for some nonviolent offenses. In El Paso, an effort to wean the city from fossil fuels fared similarly poorly.
Texans should avoid travel in regions hit with icy weather as power grid expected to meet demand
School closures and hazardous road conditions are expected throughout a large portion of Texas, according to forecasts. State officials caution Texans about local power outages but expect the grid to stay up.
Judge rules against required coverage of HIV prevention drug
A federal judge in Texas has ruled that required coverage of an HIV prevention drug under the Affordable Care Act violates a Texas employerโs religious beliefs and undercut the broader system that determines which preventive drugs are covered in the U.S. The ruling was handed down Wednesday by Fort Worth-based U.S. District Judge Reed OโConnor, who ruled in 2018 that the entire ACA is invalid.
OโConnor High graduate fatally struck by intoxicated driver on Fort Worth interstate, police say
An OโConnor High School graduate was killed after being struck by a vehicle while helping stranded students change a tire on the side of a Fort Worth interstate, according to a report from the Fort-Worth Star Telegram.