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The clocks are still scheduled to fall back November 1. But after the House voted to make daylight saving time permanent—and Texas already wrote its preference into law—the answer suddenly has an asterisk.
Conroe's street-closure debate began with a permit fee. The larger question is how a city prices the small events that help an old downtown stay useful.
Five states narrowed important midterm fields this week. Now the larger question moves to November: who will control Congress, and what would each outcome actually change?
Michigan, Ohio and Delaware all added residents in the latest Census estimates. But once births, deaths, domestic moves and international migration are separated, three very different stories appear.
The school year can begin a month apart, phone rules change at state lines, and career programs vary by community. Yet American schools still share one difficult assignment: preparing children for a future adults cannot fully predict.
Conroe's license plate readers can help police find stolen vehicles, wanted suspects and missing people. They also create searchable records of where vehicles were seen. As City Council considers a binding referendum, the larger question is who sets the rules around a powerful tool.
The calendar still says summer, but the shortening days are already turning the year. A strengthening El Niño may help shape what comes next—but possibility is not prophecy.
From artificial-intelligence weather models to two centuries of almanac tradition, the winter forecast season now begins while much of America is still trying to stay cool.
Conroe is still adding residents, rooftops and schools. But student enrollment is no longer following the old growth formula, forcing Conroe ISD to plan for crowded neighborhoods and a flatter districtwide total at the same time.
The Woodlands, Conroe, Montgomery, Magnolia and Willis have all felt the pressure of a fast-growing region. Now some residents are looking farther out for land, quiet and breathing room—and wondering how long the next country town will stay country.
Texas once planned dams by the dozen. Decades later, growth, groundwater disputes, aging infrastructure and unfinished projects are changing what families pay for water.
It looks like the sort of insect that could clear a backyard in seconds. In reality, this giant native wasp is far more interested in cicadas than people.