CPS Energy bringing on another 150 megawatts of solar power

City-owned utility CPS Energy is further bolstering its renewable portfolio with the addition of a new 150-megawatt (MW) solar project. The nation's largest municipally owned electric and natural gas utility has entered into a long-term power purchase agreement with Genesis Consolidated Industries H

Texas faces dangerously low water supplies as experts brace for another hot summer

South Texas and other drought-ravaged portions of the state are heading into the new year with dangerously low water supplies thanks to two consecutive summers of punishing heat, Inside Climate News reports. Large reservoirs on the Lower Rio Grande dropped from 33% to 23% of their capacity during th

Body recovered in Rio Grande near Eagle Pass' disputed Shelby Park

The Texas Department of Public Safety on Saturday pulled the body of an unidentified man from the Rio Grande near the Eagle Pass public park at the center of a standoff between state and federal officials. State troopers in a tactical boat recovered the body from shallow water south of Shelby Park,

Ken Paxton paid $2.3 million to defense lawyers for impeachment trial

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Attorney General Ken Paxton tapped his campaign funds to pay $2.3 million on legal fees related to his impeachment trial over the last six months, according to a new campaign