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

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

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 ...

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

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Chris Barton is an author of fiction and nonfiction books for young readers, including What Do You Do with a Voice Like That? The Story of Extraordinary Congresswoman Barbara Jordan and the upcoming ...

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

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

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