The name of the Texas oil and gas regulatory agency—unlike its peers in other states—has nothing to do with fossil fuels or natural resources. The Railroad Commission of Texas hasn’t had anything to ...

Texans will vote this fall on who should regulate the state’s oil and gas industry, one of the biggest fossil fuel industries in the world. (Gabriel C. Pérez | KUT News) This election season Texans ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas is the Lone Star State’s oldest government agency. What started out as a body tasked with preventing discrimination in railroad charges, now oversees regulations for ...

LULING, Texas — This article was originally published by our content partners at the Texas Tribune. Read the original article here. Just six minutes from 5,700-person town’s historic city center, ...

The Texas Railroad Commission has urgently requested an additional $100 million in emergency funding from state lawmakers as it faces an escalating crisis of leaking and erupting oil wells. The amount ...

The state of Texas will infuse more cash into a program for plugging inactive oil and gas wells in 2026 and 2027, as the average cost of sealing each well has rapidly increased. The state is ...

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Rosenthal, who represents the Northwest Houston and Cypress areas, was one of more than 50 Texas House Democrats who broke quorum and left the state earlier this year to temporarily block the passage ...

Advocates, historians, and descendants of enslaved people are planning to join a 60-mile walk in Texas to bring attention to ...

This election season Texans will, yet again, have an opportunity most people in the U.S. do not have: They will vote on who should regulate the state's oil and gas industry, one of the biggest fossil ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.