The Permian Basin Reliability Plan was proposed as a high-voltage transmission line, but the Public Utility Commission of Texas ( PUC) approved the project last week, drawing the attention of a coalition that now includes the state’s chief legal officer. The Permian Basin Reliability Plan network’s drafted Permian Basin Reliability Plan was unanimously approved by
Illustration for the image by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Sarah Blesener’s ProPublica images I’ve been looking into the cracks in the program that have allowed mentors who have been suspended for misconduct to continue working with young players for more than a year today. I’ve documented the Amateur Athletic Union, a significant non-profit institution that has evolved
Picture by Lisa Larson-Walker/ProPublica. Instagram pictures. According to an agent for Homeland Security Investigations, the main investigative division of the Department of Homeland Security, a Texas tennis instructor who was the subject of a ProPublica and The Washington Post investigation last month is now facing a national child abuse sensor. In a ProPublica and Post
On Wednesday, U.S. Representative Chip Roy (R-TX-21 ) addressed a letter to U.S. Attorney General Todd Blanche, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent outlining concerns about a “planned Islamic development” being constructed close to Camp Bullis, a military training base in San Antonio. More than 27, 000 hectares of Camp
Texas House District ( HD ) 93 and Senate District ( SD ) 22 will each have two elections on the November 3 ballot, with one for the special election that Governor recently called. one for the common vote, Greg Abbott. House District 93 After state representative Nate Schatzline (R-Fort Worth ) resigned from his
Illustrations by Vanessa Saba for ProPublica and Lisa Larson-Walker for ProPublica. Photo by Ted Shaffrey/AP Photo. We discovered proof that Syracuse University had taken steps to stop the attack from being covered in the media when ProPublica recently conducted an investigation into the rape crisis that gripped the school in the 1980s. According to a
Omar Ornelas for ProPublica reports from Camp East Montana, an immigration detention center inside the Fort Bliss Army center in El Paso, Texas. About a fortnight after Camp East Montana, an multiculturalism detention facility in El Paso, Texas, started letting people building themselves, an emergency call was made about a defendant trying to harm himself.
A provincial piggy bank has been filled to the brim thanks to fees on the oil and gas industry, and Democratic candidates are lining up to knock it open. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts administers the Economic Stabilization Fund ( ESF), also known as the Rainy Day Fund. The balance, according to the treasurer,
Democrat presidential candidates appear to be in the lead in three South Texas towns that are particularly Latino, according to a recent poll conducted by Texas Southern University. In an area that had a significant impact on President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential vote, the study found a strong backlash toward Democrats. Republicans faced
State lawmakers grilled testimony and occasionally expressed doubt over the specifics of the volunteer tax-exempt organizations that were established to support public school districts during hours of testimony on Texas ‘ training foundations. The Barbers Hill Education Foundation ( BHEF), which reports the largest investments of educational foundations in the country, was the subject of
Senate Bill ( SB ) 12, which would forbid drag shows with children under the age of 18 in attendance, is unconstitutional, according to a federal district judge in Houston. Judge David Hittner, an appointment of President Ronald Reagan serving in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas, wrote that the law “violates
Despite the fact that the majority of Texas voters disapprove of the Democratic Party, a new survey confirms that state representative James Talarico (D-Austin ) is the party’s favorite in the U.S. Senate race. In this recent poll, conducted by the Texas Politics Project ( TPP ) at the University of Texas, Talarico is three