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Wildfires are a growing and significant danger in Texas as the state sees record-breaking heat and prolonged drought. A backslide in childhood immunizations in Texas means old diseases are making a comeback. And how a law passed to protect the gun industry is costing Texas hundreds of millions of dollars.

There is a nationwide housing shortage due in part to inflation. Rent prices have also risen as the cost of raw materials to build homes. This combination often prices first time homebuyers out of the market.

On Thursday last week, the first round of The House Select Committee’s hearings on the Jan. 6 attack came to a conclusion.

The BA.5 variant — a subvariant of omicron — has now become the most dominant and transmissible strain of COVID-19 in the U.S., according to the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention.

Climate change is giving us triple-digit heat across the state, driving record demand for electricity. But how soon will Texas make the transition to a clean power grid? Also, the drought is squeezing cattle ranchers and they are rushing to bring their herds to market.

Water levels at the Edwards Aquifer inch closer to 630 feet — the trigger point for stage four restrictions. High temperatures and little rainfall have caused the aquifer to drop significantly since the start of the year.

The Texas House committee investigating law enforcement’s failed response to the school shooting at Robb Elementary released their findings on Sunday.

Seventy percent of teachers in Texas have considered leaving the profession. At the start of a new school year, the nation faces a teacher shortage specifically among K-12 grades.

How could the Inflation Reduction Act help solve the climate crisis? Also, where will those Inflation Reduction Act dollars go? Data analysis says Republican rural congressional districts will get the most jobs out of the act. And as climate change delivers more and bigger natural disasters, how are insurance companies not able to keep up?