Critics raise concerns about SeaWorld plan to rescue beluga whales from closed marine park

SeaWorld San Antonio is joining a last-minute international rescue mission to save 30 beluga whales facing euthanasia at a defunct marine park in Canada.  But not everyone’s happy about it.  Gearing up for a complex journey south, 13 of the 30 belugas will find a new home in the Alamo City. Even tho

The hard ceiling over Texas cities’ climate plans

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. In 2015, a 25-year-old flooring installer named Roendy Granillo collapsed and died of heat stroke on a con

1 in 5 Texas student-loan borrowers are now in default

About 22.3% of people with student loans in Texas are now in default, meaning they’re nine months or more behind on their payments, the Associated Press found in a nationwide analysis. Around 9.5 million U.S. student-loan borrowers, or more than 1 in 5, are in default, and many of those fell behind

Analysis: The real lesson behind Texas’ new Bible curriculum requirements

This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X, and Bluesky. In late June, the Texas State Board of Education (SBOE) set controversial new curriculum requirements for