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The deal allocates $1 billion a year to water projects for 20 years, which some groups estimate is a fraction of what Texas ...
State lawmakers have reached a deal on how to begin spending billions of dollars meant to shore up Texas' struggling water ...
Senate Bill 7, which creates the administrative framework for funding water projects, was passed by the Texas Legislature.
The 89th Texas Legislature has passed landmark legislation that positions the state for long-term water resilience, unlocking significant funding.
Legislation to bolster our state’s water supply is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. But the final decision on the ...
After 140 days at the Capitol in Austin, the Texas Legislature has just wrapped up its 89th session. This year, state ...
Texas GOP lawmakers exit the 2025 legislative session having taken care of their top two education priorities: private school ...
Texas property owners can use nearly as much water under their land as they want. That’s unlikely to change even as the state ...
AUSTIN, Texas — Leaking water wells are causing problems for some West Texas lakes, and Sen. César J. Blanco is working to ...
Texas’ water supply is under duress from a growing population ... While cities like McAllen and Brownsville are hoping to obtain state funding to build more desalination plants that will treat ...
Local activists warn that while residents must ration, unimpeded industrial expansion is imperiling the region’s future.
Securing new water supply is enormously expensive ... the Senate also agreed to a $1.6 billion one-time appropriation of new funding to the Texas Water Development Board. Even as the Legislature ...