The Tyler metro area is home to about 250,000 and a growing health care hub. City leaders want to get ahead of more traffic.
Transportation
Reporting on roads, transit, infrastructure, and policy shaping travel and mobility across the state, from The Texas Tribune.
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Transportation
Hoping to curb roadside deaths, TxDOT is helping stranded drivers in West Texas
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.
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Politics
Bruce Bugg, chair of the Texas Transportation Commission, dead at 70
The San Antonio banker previously served as a senior adviser to then-Gov. Rick Perry and chaired the Texas Economic Development Corporation.
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Environment
New federal-state environmental pact aims to speed up Texas highway projects
The agreement targets the environmental review process and cuts down the time it takes for new highways to be approved.
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Guides
Immigration crackdown: Know your rights at the U.S. border and other ports of entry
What immigrants and citizens should know about federal agents’ power to question and search people at airports and the border.
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Environment
Trump officials cut planning grant for Texas high-speed rail between Dallas and Houston
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said if the private sector wants the rail line, it should cover planning costs.
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Texas Legislature 2025
Texas Republicans take aim at public transit in two major cities
The Texas Legislature is considering bills that transit officials warn could hamper public transportation in the Austin and Dallas-Fort Worth regions.
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Texas Legislature 2025
South Texas county leaders will lose some authority over SpaceX launches under new bill
The lawmakers behind the bill promised there would not be an increase in the number of days the beach is closed.
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Criminal Justice
Following Trump’s lead, Gov. Abbott pushes state agencies to end telework
The directive comes as some state agencies have downsized their office spaces after the pandemic forced many employees to work remotely.
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