Nick Powell

As abandoned wells leak toxic water across West Texas, voters must choose between a qualified engineer and an extremist committed to weakening oversight.

Nick Powell examines how officials misled New Yorkers about toxic Ground Zero air, leaving 9/11 survivors and first responders with lasting health problems.

Two weeks after an ICE agent shot and killed Lorenzo Salgado, Houston's protesters showcased a defiant joy and neighborly warmth in calling for action.

Houston enters hurricane season with rising flood risk, weakened FEMA and weather forecasting cuts leaving Texas more vulnerable to deadly surprise storms.

In San Antonio for Game 5, I lost my lucky Knicks hat, feared I’d cursed the NBA Finals, and watched New York win its first title in 53 years.

Brendan Sorsby’s reinstatement gives Dan Patrick new ammunition against legal sports betting in Texas and raises alarms about integrity in college sports.

Gov. Greg Abbott's alignment with Elon Musk carries political risk in an election year where Republicans appear increasingly vulnerable to Democrats.

Facing a budget shortfall, Mayor John Whitmire may soon ask voters for more money. Would he spend it all on the police and fire departments?

Fans believe Dallas Mavericks owner Miriam Adelson push to legalize sports betting and expand casino gaming in Texas is behind the Luka Doncic trade.

Nine months ago, Wayne Christian was standing in his dark house, wearing three layers of coats to keep warm, one of millions of Texans who lost power from a ferocious winter storm. On the morning of Feb. 17, Christian, the chairman of the Railroad…

A federal whistle-blower lawsuit accusing a Galveston-based contractor of illegally hiring Mexican nationals to guard border-wall construction sites in California was dismissed by a federal judge, according to court records. Sullivan Land Services…

A convicted rapist and kidnapper who authorities say confessed to abducting and killing four women in separate attacks in 1997 in Texas and Oklahoma was sentenced to death this week for murdering a teen girl. William Lewis Reece, 61, was convicted…

A convicted rapist and kidnapper who authorities say confessed to abducting and killing four women in separate attacks in 1997 in Texas and Oklahoma has been found guilty of murder in one of the slayings. William Lewis Reece, 61, was convicted Friday…

A convicted rapist and kidnapper who authorities say confessed to abducting and killing four women in separate attacks in Texas and Oklahoma in 1997 has been found guilty of murder in one of the slayings. William Lewis Reece, 61, was convicted Friday…

Galveston County will receive $179 million in federal funds for flood mitigation projects, the Texas General Land Office announced Friday. The money will flow to more than a half-dozen different projects, many of which will improve drainage in…

A bill that would create a regional district to levy taxes and issue bonds to build and maintain a proposed $26 billion storm surge barrier on the southeast Texas coast is close to reaching the governor’s desk for approval. The measure, SB1160, is…

Three years after a mass shooting at Santa Fe High School tore at the fabric of a small, rural community, those devastated are still trying to process losing family members, friends and colleagues. A memorial for the 10 shooting victims was unveiled…

SANTA FE — When Gail McLeod thinks about her son, Kyle, she is drawn to the vacant space he left behind: at the dinner table; playing video games; sitting in the art classroom at Santa Fe High School, where he was killed by a bullet from a fellow…

The Houston region has been getting warmer and wetter over the last 30 years, according to new data released by the National Centers for Environmental Information. The average mean temperature recorded at Houston’s two airports ticked up slightly…

When President Joe Biden proposed a nearly $2 trillion infrastructure bill, some Texas officials had high hopes that it might include funding for the long-awaited “Ike Dike” project to protect the Houston-Galveston region from catastrophic storm…