Thousands of Verizon customers across West Texas temporarily lost wireless service Tuesday because of a fiber cut. Customers in San Angelo, Midland, Odessa, and Amarillo reported phones stuck in "SOS Only" mode with no calls, texts, or data service. Verizon says engineers worked to restore the outage after pr...

Governor Greg Abbott is directing Texas energy regulators to protect residential customers from costs tied to expanding data centers. Abbott says the Public Utility Commission and ERCOT must ensure large data centers fully cover the cost of their needed electric infrastructure instead of passing costs on to homeowners....

New STAAR test results show Texas students improved in every tested high school subject this year. The gains were seen in Algebra One, Biology, English, and U.S. History exams. State education leaders say biology performance has now returned to pre-pandemic levels. Officials also reported improvement among English lear...