Nick Powell

With the Ike Dike mired in federal limbo, Texas should pivot to smaller, achievable projects before the next storm cripples the Ship Channel and the economy, writes Nick Powell. 

Houston's epidemic of car crashes starts with streets that are built for speed, not safety. 

He fixed blowouts from Nigeria to Venezuela, but Texas zombie wells are the worst he's seen. Now oilman Hawk Dunlap is among Texas' most unlikely environmentalists.

A truly race-blind congressional map would ignore partisan concerns. 

Trump's budget bill would cripple tax credits for wind and solar. House Republicans prefer a swift death. 

A new book finds that Galveston's business and political elite undermined the promise of "absolute equality" that we celebrate on Juneteenth.

Our local Weather Service office is stretched to the brink. If a hurricane or tornado hits, will our leaders get life-saving information in time? 

How would you divvy up the city of Houston's $7 billion budget?

After being wounded during the Santa Fe High School shooting, former officer John Barnes is still fighting for state and federal disability benefits.

Filmmaker Dan Farah's film The Age of Disclosure premiered at SXSW, alleging that the U.S. government is covering up the existence of UFOs.