My boyfriend’s mother, a Boston chemist whose early career involved visiting oil refineries across the globe, has a saying about Texas: “There’s no place colder than Houston in the summer.” Of course, ...

When Gretchen Culbert was 11 years old in 1954, her parents moved the family into a new house at the edge of Austin. There was a lot to marvel at. The one-story home had a dishwasher and a fireplace.

AUSTIN, Texas — The Texas House passed Friday a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 79-39 House Bill 3006 by Terry Canales, D-Edinburg. If the ...

AUSTIN, Texas — On Monday, Austin's Public Safety Committee met for a briefing and discussion about the maintenance of air conditioning systems on Austin Fire Department (AFD) trucks. Some ...

At the height of Texas summers, residents whose homes lack air conditioners have no escape from the extreme heat. And it’s only getting hotter. Air conditioning has long been considered an amenity for ...

Thelma Reyes was supposed to have working air conditioning. At least in theory. Yet Reyes went for nearly a month in the summer of 2022 without consistently working air conditioning at her Northeast ...

The Texas Department of Criminal Justice and Texas Legislature have had years to correct a deficiency that renders a typical Texas prison into what a U.S. district judge likened to “unconstitutional ...

AUSTIN (Texas Tribune) — The Texas House gave preliminary approval Thursday to a bill requiring prisons to have air conditioning by the end of 2032. Lawmakers passed 89-43 House Bill 3006 by Terry ...