POLITICS
Fort Worth to spend hundreds of millions to meet booming water demand. Here’s where
| February 20, 2025
With the Fort Worth area’s population expected to grow by more than half a million over the next 20 years, plans to expand pipelines and water treatment plants to meet the city’s growth are moving forward.
As Texas’ energy demand soars, a pilot program looks to bolster grid with “virtual power plants” fueled by people’s homes
| February 18, 2025
Some Texans who install residential batteries, solar panels and smart thermostats can now send power back to the grid and get a credit on their bill.
Despite pleas from women and doctors, Texas may implement even more abortion restrictions
| February 14, 2025
Republicans in the state legislature have already introduced bills seeking to restrict the availability of the abortion medications mifepristone and misoprostol.
Anti-abortion centers face little regulation. The SAD Act could change that.
| February 13, 2025
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Democratic lawmakers are pushing for the federal government to better regulate anti-abortion centers, facilities that seek to dissuade people from terminating their pregnancies, The 19th is first to report.
UNT Health Science Center’s $150M Alzheimer’s study could face cuts under new Trump rule
| February 13, 2025
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth could lose millions in federal funding for medical research under a new Trump administration proposal.