All along their journey, from my hometown suburb to their winter home in Mexico, the iconic butterflies face human-made ...

For years, climate scientists have projected that South Texas would grow hotter and drier—that drought cycles would lengthen, that rainfall would become less reliable, and that the water systems built ...

Cities, towns, and industrial complexes aim to quickly pump tens of millions of gallons per day in a bid to avert disaster.

The right-wing news outlet published anonymously sourced allegations about a Houston minor by a supposed author whose name is ...

Renewables brought income to ranchers and tax revenue to counties long buffeted by boom-and-bust oil cycles. Policy changes in Washington and unease on the ground threaten that momentum.

In “The Dads,” a new documentary that premiered at SXSW, men open up to each other about their hope, their fears, and their ...

Some school district leaders say they believed they had only one option for a partnership to avoid state takeover.

They grapple with a system where their income, housing, or immigration status may depend on supervisors who perpetuate sexual violence without oversight.

State services should build community—and acceptance—for teens otherwise vulnerable to exploitation, homelessness, and ...

When book bans or right-wing operatives come to town, school board trustee Juan Miguel Arredondo told the Observer, “My ...