Texas prisons seek $298 million for air conditioning. That’s a fraction of what’s needed.
It would cost $1.5 billion to fully cool all prisons, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice estimates.
Watch a discussion on the politics of data centers in Texas
Beginning at 9 a.m. Wednesday, we’ll examine where Texans stand on the data center boom, how opinions are shifting and what it means for November’s election.
New hearing denied in fight over Texas law that gave undocumented students in-state tuition
A federal judge blocked the Texas Dream Act in June after it was challenged by the Trump administration and state officials declined to defend it.
Two weeks later, one of the largest recorded wildfires in North Texas history continues burning
More than 90,400 acres in Palo Pinto and Jack counties are still on fire. Containment has grown to 57%, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service.
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