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Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session ...

Bitcoin mining afflicts locals with noise pollution, threatens water supplies, and receives generous public backing.

DEI campus crackdown, Republicans are now going after gender and ethnic studies programs and faculty independence.

A bill in the Texas Legislature would protect the last 21 pristine watersheds. But for years, previous attempts have been ...

On Monday, however, several students made a pitstop to get their makeup done by one of over a dozen drag performers, each in ...

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Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail ...

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Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.

We oppose this execution as we do every execution. Capital punishment is an act of state sanctioned violence that violates ...

Catherine Lu is a poet, arts writer, and Emmy-nominated producer. She is the Inprint Mary Gibbs and Jesse H. Jones Fellow in ...