A week after Hurricane Harvey began menacing the coast, Texans and state and federal officials are just beginning to get a sense of what could be the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history.

The outage was caused flooding near a pump station located along the Neches River, officials said in a statement Thursday morning. The city also lost its secondary water source at the Loeb Wells.

In this week’s Bookshelf, our content partner Kirkus Reviews highlights “Like a Native.”

With another school year beginning, here's what's new with the Dallas Independent School District.

A professor at the University of Tampa was fired after saying Hurricane Harvey was "Karma" for the state of Texas.

A professor at the University of Tampa was fired after saying Hurricane Harvey was "karma" for the state of Texas.

Three colleges in Texas — Texas A&M University, The University of Texas and Rice University — are ranked among the world's 25 richest universities.

Julián Castro, the former head at the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and former San Antonio mayor, is joining UT-Austin's teaching faculty this fall.

The North East Independent School Board, representing a school district near the city of San Antonio, has unanimously voted to rename Robert E. Lee High School.

In this week’s Q&A, we interview Paige Ware, who chairs the Department of Teaching and Learning at the Simmons School of Education and Human Development at Southern Methodist University. 

As Texans continued Harvey relief and recovery efforts last night, news broke that a federal judge in San Antonio had temporarily blocked the state's controversial "sanctuary cities" law, which had been poised to go into effect Friday.

Hurricane Harvey may be on its last days in Texas, but the state — particularly Houston — has a long road to recovery ahead.

Harvey continued to dump rain on the Houston area Tuesday as it headed east toward Louisiana.

Nearly five days after Hurricane Harvey first touched Texas soil, residents are desperate for an end to the storm. Here’s where things stand.

Hurricane Harvey rescue efforts are still rolling throughout the state — and President Donald Trump is set to land in Corpus Christi this morning. Plus there's more news in Texas' years-long battle over political maps.