An aggregates company’s proposal to build a 26.9-mile railroad to haul rock in Texas’ Hill Country is on hold in the wake of ...

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According to an consultation letter filed with the Surface Transportation Board, Texas Materials Group ... subdivision near Lampasas to the Austin Western Railroad near Burnet, about 55 miles ...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbot has signed into a law a bill creating funding to improve safety at railroad grade crossings, ...

Texas Gas Service customers have noticed different fees and charges on their bills have jumped in cost since the beginning of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Austin mayor, Texas railroad commissioner and Texas comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn died on Wednesday at the age of 85. Austin Mayor Kirk Watson confirmed the news of ...

AUSTIN – The Railroad Commission of Texas issued a total of 557 original drilling permits in May 2025. The total includes 504 ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Flags are at half-staff ... She served a single term on the Texas Railroad Commission in 1994. Then, in 1998, she became the first woman elected as state comptroller, a position ...