Texas public school ratings — which grade how well districts educate their students — drastically dropped after the state implemented stricter scoring standards.
Nearly 10 years after SpaceX began operating in a small community in Cameron County just a few miles inland of the Gulf Coast, employees who live there and other residents will vote next month to incorporate their Starbase community as Texas’ newest city.
The Fort Worth school district could be forced to shut down a chronically underperforming school or submit to a takeover from the state, based on annual state ratings released Thursday morning.
A Dawson County Sheriff's deputy was killed in the line of duty Tuesday afternoon after being hit by debris during a traffic stop near U.S. Highway 180 and North Avenue V, just west of Lamesa.
A proposed bill in the Texas Legislature aims to prevent oil and gas companies from disposing of toxic waste on private land without notifying or securing consent from landowners.
A tornado was confirmed on the ground near the Tom Green and Sterling county line, according to an alert issued by the National Weather Service at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 19.
![A home across the street from an entrance to an oilfield waste disposal facility has a sign reading "DON'T DUMP ON NORDHEIM" on Sept. 10, 2023. Credit: Julius Shieh/The Texas Tribune](/sites/default/files/styles/t5/public/2025-04/0910oilnordheimjstt29.jpg?h=a01358e9&itok=rGkj2mOw "A home across the street from an entrance to an oilfield waste disposal facility has a sign reading "DON'T DUMP ON NORDHEIM" on Sept. 10, 2023. Credit: Julius Shieh/The Texas Tribune")
