As Texans grapple with an influx of concrete batch plants and the toxic dust they sometimes bring to nearby homes, schools and parks, new restrictions to regulate them appear to again be hitting a ...

The federal agency launched the inquiry after complaints from the Harris County Attorney and Lone Star Legal Aid about how the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality issues permits to plants that ...

The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, facing pressure from local officials and a federal investigation into its permitting process, has proposed a series of regulatory changes that would ...

A concrete plant in Austin. Residents who live near concrete batch plants complain that they contaminate the air with dust. The residents are pressuring the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality ...

Residents in far north Fort Worth said a proposed concrete plant would endanger public health. Harrison Mantas hmantas@star-telegram.com Roughly 100 people lobbied a state environmental agency Monday ...

With a procedure for her chronic liver condition scheduled at Medical City Fort Worth the next morning, Donna K. Phillips should have been resting and fasting to prepare for the operation. But ...

When a Salem business owner asked if his building could encroach on the township’s established front-yard setback, planning commissioners opted not to make any recommendation and allow the board of ...

GOOD EVENING. I’M VICKI DORTCH AND I’M RICK VAN HOOSE LAKE FOREST RESIDENTS TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY TO ASK QUESTIONS AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS TONIGHT OVER A CONCRETE PLANT BEING BUILT IN THEIR MIDDLETOWN ...

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