The project would cut the Dallas-to-Houston trip to 90 minutes. It’s one of a few high-speed rail projects that’s been getting attention lately.

Up to 10,000 birders visit High Island each spring, boosting business for the small restaurants and motels near and along the coastal area.

A big part of the problem: Power plants usually go offline for maintenance in April.

“I’m not getting any younger. If I’m going to have a dome, I need to get on with it,” said Paula Stone of Fredericksburg, Texas.

Checking in with the remaining reporters in Val Verde County, Texas, three years after its last daily newspaper folded.

Researchers have labeled 204 counties in America as “news deserts” — places that lack access to credible, reliable news sources. That includes Val Verde County, Texas.

“This market is just really wacky right now,” says Houston-based broker LaTisha Grant.

More than two-thirds of the Fortune 500 are incorporated in the First State, but Texas is gunning for a share of that.

The new funding approach puts more money into the system and more emphasis on outcomes rather than enrollment totals.

Big companies have been paying billions to acquire smaller competitors — and their drilling rights.