A rice field near Bay City, Texas.
A rice field near Bay City, Texas. Michael Stravato
As Rice Farmers in Texas Turn to Groundwater, Can They Stay Afloat?

Facing the third straight year of cutoffs for irrigation water from the Lower Colorado River Authority, some Gulf Coast-area rice farmers are spending millions of dollars drilling wells to pump groundwater instead. 

Neena Satija worked at the Tribune from 2013 to 2019. She was an investigative reporter and radio producer for the Tribune and Reveal, a public radio program from the Center for Investigative Reporting....