Orlando J. Pérez, Ph.D., is a professor of political science at the University of North Texas at Dallas, specializing in U.S.

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Bitcoin mining afflicts locals with noise pollution, threatens water supplies, and receives generous public backing.

Legislation to allow some forms of drug checking has reached the same Senate committee where a similar bill died last session ...

Republicans want to double down on a system that can keep Texans in jail for years without a trial, while attacking bail ...

The U.S.-Mexico border is perhaps the most widely discussed and poorly understood region in the country. MAGA influencers and nationalistic politicians have inaccurately portrayed border ...

On an average school day, harried students at the University of Texas at Austin rush across Speedway to get to class, stopping only to dodge a dangerously fast Lime scooter. On Monday, however ...

Val Verde County’s Conservative Democratic Sheriff on Misinformation, Immigration "Before people start commenting on the border, come visit the bord ...

In Senate District 4, it was tea party vs. tea party but the slightly less cranky Brandon Creighton beat Steve Toth in a lopsided victory yesterday.

Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.