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Public officials at all levels are propping up a Texas Bitcoin mining boom that’s threatening water and energy systems while afflicting locals with noise pollution.

Following a historic win in Cowtown, NewsGuild workers at papers in Dallas and Austin are still bargaining.

Why did police show up in force to apprehend a local activist, and why is the city’s top elected posting her mugshot and job details on social media?

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New play tells a poetic version of the long road to recovery of Houston’s first Black prima ballerina.