One study estimates that an outbreak the size of the one in West Texas earlier this year costs about $12.6 million.

Ector County has boomed since the 1970s, when the drainage system was last updated. Officials hope state and federal funds will help pay for the update despite some grant programs ending under the Trump administration.

Rural leaders who have worked years to improve broadband access said they were disappointed by the sharp decrease in federal dollars.

The announcement by Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai is the latest multi-billion dollar investment in Texas by tech companies racing to build infrastructure that can support advanced artificial intelligence.

The EPA handed over power to the Railroad Commission after a two-year review. Critics say the commission has been too lax with the industry.

The Lubbock Republican was first elected in 2016 and currently chairs the U.S. House Budget Committee.

Texas is the third state to sue the platform, alongside dozens of private plaintiffs who say Roblox didn’t do enough to protect their kids from sexually explicit content.

Texas Tech coach Joey McGuire is all-in on the hype ahead of the No. 9 Red Raiders’ biggest home game in well more than a decade.

Texas voters will decide Tuesday whether the state should continue spending $1 billion a year to secure the state’s water supply. Part of that investment will be spent to find new water supply.

In the self-proclaimed “Pumpkin Capital of the U.S.,” Floydada farmers are exporting pumpkins across Texas and the nation.

No matter the region, there are water challenges in Texas.

High pressure is dominating the weather in San Antonio, resulting in stable, hot, and dry conditions with cooler mornings and warm afternoons. Although humidity levels are expected to decrease later in the week, there is little chance of rain as moisture from tropical systems is diverted away from the area.

The Midland school district has said it has followed the law. Six teachers and the school principal have either resigned or been fired over the alleged abuse of special needs students.

Only a stray shower today, with cool mornings this weekend.

Most of the cities — Odessa, La Marque, Tom Bean and Whitesboro — said they are following the law and Ken Paxton’s office is jumping the gun on enforcing new state rules.

Local leaders see data centers, which help power the world’s shift to artificial intelligence, as a way to keep their towns open. Residents worry their way of life — and water — is at stake.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has announced that the Stargate AI data center in Texas will be joined by five more across the U.S. This expansion is part of a $500 billion infrastructure investment promoted by President Donald Trump.

Other smaller oil and gas producing regions in the state are better poised to help power the growing data center market, a new report found.

Economic uncertainty, inflation, strict state limits on property tax collections and uncertainty around future federal funds have crimped local budgets.

Thirty stations must figure out how to make up for the loss of at least $17.7 million in federal funding that came at the direction of the president without wearing out supporters.

More Texas universities are turning to politicians to lead their systems, preferring political clout over academic credentials.

Previously, parents had to wait for the state to mail them the exemption form. They still have to get the form notarized before submitting it to the school for enrollment purposes.

More than 10,000 people met over Labor Day weekend in Slaton to sample the banana pudding — a major boost to the rural town’s economy.

The one-year experiment in Midland and Ector counties is based on similar efforts in larger cities. A nonprofit backed by oil companies and Midland County are helping pay for it.

The 89th Texas Legislature saw the signing of 1,155 bills into law, with several major pieces of legislation set to take effect on Sept. 1. Here's what to know about the new laws.

Emails show how overwhelmed West Texas officials were as they asked CDC for guidance on how to respond to the explosive outbreak.

Health officials in Texas have declared the state's measles outbreak over.

With no new cases reported in 42 days, the nation’s largest measles outbreak in 30 years, is declared over.

Federal funding cuts to immunization efforts and a new law that allows exemption forms to be downloaded, instead of mailed, could drive up exemptions in the future.

The Amarillo businessman said he would tap into the $20 million political action committee he launched last year to preserve ballot access for censured Republicans.

The Midland school district rebranded Robert E. Lee High as Legacy High in 2020, part of a nationwide trend to distance public places from the Confederacy.

Republicans who are censured by their county party leaders may be blocked from the primary ballot under a new party rule passed last year, that is expected to be tested by the courts.

After reaching the end of their automotive lives, the batteries are being reused to provide lower-cost grid energy storage.

A rising Frio River had some people who are potentially in harm’s way preparing for trouble on Monday morning.

Health officials in Colorado say its measles outbreak is over.

The governor said Tuesday that the state had “assets, resources and personnel” in place before the July 4 floods. On Wednesday evening, the death toll rose to 120.

Measles cases in the U.S. are at their highest in more than three decades.

With the first measles case reported in Bexar County earlier this week, some parents are closely monitoring the outbreak.

In a statement to KSAT, Metro Health Department Director Dr. Claude A. Jacob said it learned of the Bexar County measles case in mid-June.

A bipartisan bill in Washington proposing an expansion for Texas’ Big Bend National Park cleared a recent U.S. Senate hurdle this week.

Texas lawmakers passed a suite of bills that officials said are crucial to combat losses in the state’s largest oil field.

The court’s decision is not a final ruling in favor of the licenses, but it removes a major roadblock.

Demonstrations in McAllen, Midland, Odessa, Austin and elsewhere in Texas have been largely peaceful, as some protests are expected to go well into the night.

Three months ago, Texas lost $700 million in unspent federal pandemic-era funding.

The U.S. is up to 1,168 confirmed measles cases this year.

The U.S. is up to 1,267 confirmed measles cases this year and Kentucky has a new outbreak.

Aoudad sheep are joining the short list of animals Texas lawmakers allow to be shot from a helicopter, along with coyotes and feral hogs.

The trial of the Peruvian woman was the first test of the Trump administration’s new policy aimed at prosecuting immigrants who crossed the border illegally with military-related charges.

Not long ago, developers of the massive server farms talked about powering them with wind and solar energy. Now they’re bypassing the grid and building their own gas-fired power plants on site.

Childhood vaccination rates against measles fell in the years after the COVID-19 pandemic in nearly 80% of the more than 2,000 U.S. counties with available data.

The Legislature wrapped up without the same drama that defined the end of the last two sessions, with state GOP leaders checking off nearly everything on their to-do lists.

Former Empower Texans leader Michael Quinn Sullivan has challenged a $10,000 fine from the Texas Ethics Commission for failure to register as a lobbyist for more than 10 years at nearly every level of the state court system.

A few small rain chances will be around mainly late Tuesday and into Wednesday.

Texas property owners can use nearly as much water under their land as they want. That’s unlikely to change even as the state approaches a crisis.

At least four companies say they are prepared to treat the water well enough to be released into rivers in West Texas. Environmental groups say the state is moving too fast.

Texas has been the center of the nation's largest measles outbreak in decades.

Many of the patients are being treated in Lubbock, a medical hub for the South Plains where the outbreak originated.

Texas lawmakers are poised to make it easier to suspend disruptive students. But some teachers and school psychologists say discipline alone won’t meet the mental health needs at the root of their behavior.

Adults who are unsure whether they’re vaccinated can get additional shots, health experts say.

The trial in El Paso will hear a challenge over the redistricting maps drawn by the Legislature that are based on the 2020 census.

Listeners will soon be able to travel from the expanse of West Texas down into the Texas Hill Country, all through a new podcast from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

As the state grapples with a threatened water supply, industry and lawmakers have invested millions in research to clean the toxic backwash for use in for agriculture.

Across Texas, abandoned wells are erupting with chemical-infused liquid and some have created massive lakes of contaminated water. Regulators say they need more money to address the problem.

The Nature Conservancy in Texas (TNC) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced the purchase of a 671-acre property in West Texas near Big Bend National Park.

The Teacher Incentive Allotment gives raises to teachers based on performance. But it leaves out many educators and school staff who contribute to students' success.

Abbott tapped into a powerful national conservative movement and his own campaign war chest to turn turned legislative races into multimillion-dollar affairs.

The Texas Legislature has also invested millions in research to clean the fracking wastewater. Critics say it’s not a viable solution to the state’s water crisis.

North America’s three biggest measles outbreaks have grown to a total of more than 2,500 known cases.

A measles case has been confirmed in an Atascosa County adult resident, the county announced in a news release Tuesday.

An outbreak is considered over if there are no new cases reported in 42 consecutive days.

A video shows a Texas doctor, who has been treating children in a measles outbreak, with a measles rash on his face in a clinic while caring for patients a week before he met with Health Secretary Robert F.

Blue Origin launched a historic human spaceflight on Monday morning from West Texas, and the crew in the New Shepard rocket’s 31st mission was made up of all women.

These ten tornadoes remain the deadliest in the state's history.

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.

The measles outbreak in West Texas didn’t happen just by chance.

North Dakota is the 11th state in the U.S. with a measles outbreak.

El Paso’s dry climate — it rains just 9 inches annually — is one of the reasons the city has taken water management so seriously.

State health officials added four more counties to what they consider “outbreak areas” and advise those visiting or living in those counties to consult measles vaccination guidance for those areas.

Much of the outbreak is concentrated in the districts of Texas House leaders, including Speaker Dustin Burrows. The crisis appears to have done little to change support for “vaccine choice.”

Supply chain disruptions and policy decisions can significantly change these costs for oil companies — and consumers.

Public health officials say a day care facility in a Texas county that’s part of the measles outbreak has multiple cases, including children too young to be fully vaccinated.

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F.

About 500 Texans, mostly young unvaccinated children, have contracted the disease. The U.S. health secretary was in West Texas to visit the family.

Military presence along the U.S.-Mexico border is expected to grow in the next few weeks as part of a border security mission, according to a report from Marfa Public Radio.

Reps. Tom Craddick and Brooks Landgraf want to divert 10% of taxes collected on oil and gas production to help budget-strapped counties keep up with growth.

Measles cases in West Texas are still rising two months after the outbreak began.

The measles vaccine has been proven to be safe and effective against the disease, which is highly contagious and can be life threatening.

Low humidity will plunge into the area from the west, while winds gust to 35 mph.

People in San Antonio may have noticed a haze in the sky on Wednesday morning.

On the fifth anniversary of the start of the COVID pandemic, we discuss the measles outbreak and the state’s ability to respond to health crises.

Five years after Texas’ first COVID death, the state spends less on public health, vaccination rates have dropped and a distrust of authority has taken hold.

Emboldened by court rulings and election victories, the Christian right is outspoken as it pushes its moral views through the Texas Legislature.

Underprepared teachers have been tied to student learning losses. But amid a teacher shortage crisis, school leaders fear the restrictions will lead to fewer instructors in their classrooms.

Very strong winds have caused damage in the Texas Panhandle

A high fire danger exists both today and tomorrow in San Antonio.

The power has been restored after authorities at Texas Tech University said an explosion inside a maintenance hole set off fires and power outages on the campus, leading school officials to issue evacuation orders for several buildings and cancel classes for the rest of the week.

The bill would have set deadlines for the oil and gas industry to plug inactive wells, which can pose a danger to the environment.

A deer hunter at a West Texas ranch discovered a rare Mammoth tusk, according to a press release from the Center for Big Bend Studies.

A missing 14-year-old girl from West Texas was located at a San Antonio motel, leading to the arrest of a California man on multiple felony charges, the Reeves County Sheriff’s Office told KSAT.

A more than 40-mile long conveyor belt filled with sand stretches from the oil fields of West Texas to New Mexico, all for the purpose of one mission: oil production.