San Antonio Police Department lieutenant arrested on suspicion of DWI

San Antonio Police Department Lt. Benjamin Flores was arrested Sunday on suspicion of drunk driving, department officials said. The 25-year SAPD veteran was picked up by the Helotes Police Department while off-duty, according to a department statement. SAPD officials said Flores, who’s currently ass

While data centers boom in Texas, their plans stay shrouded in secrecy

This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. BELLS — Last year, Mason McCallister saw survey markers on a property near his home in a rural community about an hour north of Dallas. He suspected it might be for a new data center he’d heard about from a neighbor. But information hasn’t come easy.

As solar and batteries dominate in Texas, Republican lawmakers consider natural gas minimums

This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that covers climate, energy and the environment. Sign up for their newsletter here. As new electricity generation skews toward solar and battery storage in Texas, Republican state senators are questi

Houston mothers’ bid for temporary hold on Ten Commandments posters in Texas classrooms denied

A judge on Friday denied a request fromthree Houston mothersto temporarily stop Texas public school classrooms from displaying the Ten Commandments, in the first lawsuit to argue that it violates the state’s religious freedom law and a voter-approved parental rights amendment. The mothers’ lawsuit i