Old pipes cause Texas cities to lose tens of billions of gallons of water each year

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Texas’ most populous cities lost roughly 88 billion gallons of water last year because of aging water infrastructure and extreme heat, costing them millions of dollars and str

As summer heat hits, how is the Texas grid faring?

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. In the over three years since Winter Storm Uri, there’s been far more attention paid to and media coverage of Texas’ oft-pr

Litigating Texas' Republican civil war

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter. Republican state Representative Bryan Hughes’ bid to oust House Speaker Joe Straus back in 2012 was hampered by a glaring f

Study: Seniors can retire in San Antonio for less than $50,000 a year

Those looking to retire on a budget may want to look no further than San Antonio, according to a new study by personal finance website GoBankingRates. After running numbers, GoBankingRates researchers determined that seniors can retire on a little more than $47,000 annually in the Alamo City, making