Texas rules requiring water breaks for construction workers will be nullified(texastribune.org)

68 points by detaro 3 years ago | 59 comments

Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Patrick in lecture(texastribune.org)

178 points by apengwin 3 years ago | 102 comments

Texas Passes Ban on DEI Offices and Tenure Reform at Public Universities(thetexan.news)

49 points by g42gregory 3 years ago | 20 comments

Lawmakers added $1 to car insurance policies. That money paid for Flock cameras(texastribune.org)

370 points by DeepLogin 1 month ago | 257 comments

Texas Tribune article reporting that a $1 fee added to Texas car insurance policies to fight catalytic converter theft funded thousands of Flock surveillance cameras.

Water is bursting from another abandoned West Texas oil well, continuing a trend(texastribune.org)

133 points by toomuchtodo 2 years ago | 95 comments

Texas police department ordered to close for failing to provide public benefit(dallasnews.com)

30 points by Danhale93 1 month ago | 10 comments

Dallas Morning News article reporting that Trinidad, Texas, about 70 miles southeast of Dallas, was ordered to close its police department for failing to benefit the public.

Texas police department ordered to close for failing to provide public benefit(dallasnews.com)

30 points by Danhale93 1 month ago | 10 comments

Dallas Morning News article reporting that Trinidad, Texas, about 70 miles southeast of Dallas, was ordered to close its police department for failing to benefit the public.

Texas data center boom could erase decades of progress on air quality(texastribune.org)

28 points by hn_acker 4 days ago | 10 comments

Texas Tribune article on a HARC report warning that Texas's data center boom could reverse decades of air quality gains, especially if powered by natural gas.

Why Texas Is Making Data Centers Wait(a16z.com)

26 points by gmays 15 days ago | 33 comments

An a16z American Dynamism article explaining why Texas's grid operator paused new data center interconnections amid a surge of large-load requests.

New Mexico court orders Meta to pay $567m over harms to children’s mental health(theguardian.com)

764 points by boplicity 2 months ago | 407 comments

News report that a New Mexico court ordered Meta to pay $567m over harms to children's mental health from its social media platforms.

FBI arrests judge accused of helping man evade immigration authorities(apnews.com)

815 points by eterps 1 year ago | 609 comments

News report on the FBI arresting Milwaukee County Circuit Judge Hannah Dugan on charges of obstructing an immigration arrest.

Judge rules Trump administration’s blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal(nytimes.com)

557 points by jbegley 1 month ago | 409 comments

New York Times article on a federal judge ruling that the Trump administration's blacklisting of Anthropic was illegal; the capture shows a captcha page.