The name of the Texas oil and gas regulatory agency — unlike its peers in other states — has nothing to do with fossil fuels or natural resources. The Railroad Commission of Texas hasn’t had anything ...

Republicans’ incoming Senate majority could stall an effort to boost transportation and infrastructure spending.

The Texas Railroad Commission has urgently requested an additional $100 million in emergency funding from state lawmakers as it faces an escalating crisis of leaking and erupting oil wells.

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Read the original article here. Unable to keep up with the growing number of leaking and erupting wells in the state’s oil fields, the Texas Railroad Commission, which regulates the state’s ...

When the Texas oil industry took off in the early 1900s, state lawmakers saw a lot of similarities between the regulation of railroad and of pipelines. After all, they are both fixed pieces of ...

Incumbent Christi Craddick is touting the health of the Texas energy industry and its impact on the economy. Her top opponent says regulation on the commission is too lax. Commission Shift’s ...

an oil well control specialist in West Texas, and Eddie Espinoza, a retired schoolteacher and veteran of the Green Party. The Railroad Commission is the oldest state regulatory agency, formed in ...