A screwworm outbreak would threaten the state's cattle industry and potentially increase already high beef prices nationwide.

From engineers to teachers, grandmothers to high school students, El Paso residents join public outcry across the state and unite to ask city leaders to do more to regulate future hyperscale data centers amid concerns about energy, water, and land use.

The high court says Dallas, Houston, Austin and other cities improperly named the state of Texas as a defendant in a suit alleging telecom providers get an unlawful discount on the rates they pay to cities.

Public transportation and electric vehicles aren't always viable options for rural Americans looking to decrease their spending at the gas pump. West Texas has historically had some of the lowest gas prices in the state, but families are also feeling the pressure. With summer travel building demand, experts worry that serious relief will not be evident for quite some time.

The state has faced a backlog of large energy consumers who want to connect to the Texas power grid.

James Talarico says he's not vegan — but rising price of beef may force more Texans to give up meat.