1+ day, 9+ min ago   (993+ words) Texas is undergoing its biggest demographic, social and economic changes since the 1820s, when the first American colonists arrived in Mexico’s Coahuila y Tejas province. While white men hold 63% of statewide and legislative elected offices, they only make up 19% of the…...

4+ day, 56+ min ago   (500+ words) Transmission lines leave the The WA Parish Generating Station on Wednesday, July 19, 2023, in Richmond. With electricity demand rising rapidly to serve advanced gigafactories, data centers, a growing economy and an increasing need for air conditioning, it is time to expand…...

6+ day, 22+ min ago   (162+ words) With most forms of recreational marijuana now banned in Texas, there was some hope among advocates that cities such as Houston would continue to take a hands-off approach on enforcement. As recently as a few weeks ago, Mayor John Whitmire…...

6+ day, 10+ min ago   (550+ words) Normally, the report on the number of Texas women who died while pregnant or giving birth is released Sept. 1. This year it'll be after the midterm elections. Every death of a woman who dies during pregnancy or childbirth demands answers....

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (262+ words) FILE - Hennepin County attorney Mary Moriarty holds up a document containing charges against ICE agent Christian Castro during a news conference at the Hennepin County Government Center in Minneapolis, on Monday, May 18, 2026. (Renée Jones Schneider/Minnesota Star Tribune via AP,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (326+ words) | Opinion Houston Chronicle James Talarico’s broadside against data centers The plan would establish sweeping liability for data centers powering artificial intelligence chatbots that ostensibly harm children’s safety, mandate that data centers cover grid-related costs and embolden localities to…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (301+ words) In between tour stops in Calgary and Minnesota, country music star Tanya Tucker made a detour to the Texas Capitol this week to sing a line of one of her biggest hits – with a key twist. “It’s not a little…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (1338+ words) Texas has offered tax breaks and other incentives to attract data centers for more than a decade. But it wasn’t until artificial intelligence took off that the industry started to boom here. Now lawmakers and local officials are confronting the…...