Infrastructure

Drivers will still need an emissions test in some counties to get their registration sticker.

Despite the efforts of local governments and others, the move to provide internet access to millions of Texans has been slow and faces new challenges.

Domestic migration is contributing to the population boom in Texas. Between people moving in and those moving out, Texas gained more than 133,000 new residents from other states last year.

Texas Tech University is considering a transformative campus master plan to better align with its goal of joining the Association of American Universities. Our reporter Bishop Van Buren reports on the proposed layout and the problems it aims to solve. The Texas Standard’s Sean Saldaña has the details on a survey regarding the current state and outlook of manufacturing in Texas.

Texas builders warn mass deportations of undocumented migrants could devastate the construction industry, threatening housing and infrastructure work in one of the nation's fastest-growing states.

Democratic state Rep. John Bucy pre-filed two bills in the Texas Legislature that would kick-start a high speed rail line along the I-35 corridor and direct funding to bullet train projects.

The federal investment follows the $1 billion approved by Texas taxpayers to help connect the state.

The proposal comes after the state’s oil and gas regulatory agency said it needs more money to plug wells that are in some instances erupting.

Health and Human Services data shows an encouraging decline in north Texas related to the opioid epidemic. KERA's Marina Trahan Martinez reports that so far this year, local deaths involving fentanyl use are trending down. And Houston Public Media’s Andrew Schneider says the Texas Senate is looking at how to protect the state’s power grid against worst-case scenarios.

Record-breaking turnout for voters in and around Lubbock was still not able to meet expectations by the Elections Office, with a total percentage just over 62% of registered voters in Lubbock County; while close approval of local propositions opens the question of how long older Lubbockites will financially support Lubbock's massive growth.