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For some low income families in Texas, access to childcare is not possible without state assistance. The Texas Workforce Commission, the state agency in…

Flooding last week caused untreated wastewater to end up in creeks around Austin. In fact, wastewater seems to end up overflowing almost anytime the…

Oil closed at its lowest price in more than six years yesterday and, while it’s risen slightly since then, some project the price to drop even further. In…

A new state law allowing people to carry concealed handguns on Texas public university campuses has sparked an outcry from some students, staff and…

The Hidden Pines wildfire in Bastrop is now 80 percent contained, but just how do officials reach that determination? Well, it’s an art and a…

If you spend much time around Austin this sight might be familiar: A new building goes up, or a street is completely redesigned. Along with that…

This is a story of two nuts: the almond and the pecan. In the 1960s the pecan industry loomed large over the almond. But, then, something changed. Since…

Public safety officials and researchers at the University of Texas at Austin have unveiled a new national flood prediction system, which researchers say…

There’s an old rancher’s saying that the cattle always look good around an oil well. It means if the ranch is making money leasing to oil companies, the…

From StateImpact Texas:For Cathy McMullen, the reasons to ban fracking in Denton are as obvious at the drilling rig that sits on the corner of Masch…