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Raising the Bars
Mine Games
With little more than a promise, the Texas Railroad Commission is trusting a struggling coal industry to pay for the cost of cleaning up old mines.
In mid-2014, Texas’ biggest utility, Energy Future Holdings, was about to file for bankruptcy, and Texas regulators suddenly had a big problem on their hands...Read More
The Last Days of Tent City
As authorities prepared to evict its residents, a reporter spent six weeks in Dallas’ biggest homeless camp.
As Dallas authorities prepared to evict Tent City's residents, a reporter spent six weeks living among those who are being shuffled from one camp to the next....Read More
Texas Families Talk Back On Trans Discrimination: Kat, Christina and Ryan Smith
"We want her to be just like every other kid."
Katherine “Kat” Smith, 10 Christina, a registered nurse, and Ryan Smith, product marketing manager Lovejoy ISD, Allen *** Christina Smith: The story...Read More
Texas Families Talk Back On Trans Discrimination: Alex Kinmore and Laurie Johnson
"Where do they think trans people have been going to the bathroom for years?"
Alex, a high school senior in El Paso, says his school doesn't have official protocols for how to accommodate trans students like him....Read More
Powering Down
The owner of Texas’ biggest fleet of coal-fired power plants is trying to wiggle out of paying its property taxes.
The owner of Texas’ biggest fleet of coal-fired power plants is trying to wiggle out of paying its property taxes....Read More
Who Guards the Guardians?
Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their rights — and then forgotten about them.
Texas counties have stripped thousands of elderly and disabled citizens of their rights — and then forgotten about them....Read More
Company Town
How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone.
How big business turned a Gulf Coast beach town into an industrial zone....Read More
Legislators ‘Alarmed’ by State’s Refusing Birth Certificates for Children of Undocumented Parents
Two legislators have weighed in on the controversy over Texas’ refusal to grant birth certificates to some children of undocumented families. On Wednesday, Se...Read More
Children of Immigrants Denied Citizenship
Though the 14th Amendment says otherwise, Texas has refused to issue birth certificates to children who were born in the state to undocumented parents. In respo...Read More