The head of FEMA’s Urban Search and Rescue branch, which runs a network of teams stationed across the country that can swiftly respond to natural disasters, resigned on Monday.

Energy infrastructure company Enbridge said on Tuesday it had reached a final investment decision to invest $900 million on a 600 megawatt solar power project in Texas, as demand for clean energy from tech companies drives growth in renewables.

Immigrants in Texas's Rio Grande Valley are avoiding medical care due to intensified deportation efforts under the Trump administration.

Torrential rains transformed the pristine Guadalupe River, unleashing roaring cascades in the predawn hours of Independence Day along 40 miles of Kerr County – claiming at least 106 lives there alone, including 36 children. The confirmed death toll statewide was 133 as of Tuesday morning.

Texas lawmakers’ inaction on flood prevention often hits rural and economically disadvantaged communities the hardest, experts said.

Tragedy struck in the Houston area this month when Cypress Springs football player Jarvis Spires was fighting for his life after suffering severe heat stroke during a workout with his personal trainer.

Javier Diaz Santana, who is deaf and mute, was swept up in a federal immigration raid at his job in Temple City, unable to communicate in handcuffs. His attorney says U.S. agents "don’t care whether you stand and produce documents or run.