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A Dallas area businessman wants to drill for water near the Houston County Lake in East Texas. Texas lawmakers are poised to limit new extractions for at least two years. (Emil Lippe For The Texas ...
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.
A water war is brewing in Texas. At the center is Dallas hedge fund manager Kyle Bass, whose plan to pump 15 billion gallons of water a year from East Texas aquifers has sparked lawsuits, packed ...
The Texas Senate voted against delaying a controversial East Texas groundwater export project on the same day the company behind it hired one of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s top advisors as a lobbyist.
The Smith County Commissioners Court on Tuesday received an update regarding the ongoing legal battle between the Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District and the Wayne-Sanderson ...