This election season Texans will, yet again, have an opportunity most people in the U.S. do not have: They will vote on who should regulate the state ... Texas. The three members of the Texas ...

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.

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 ...

Recommended Videos The chair of the powerful and deceptively named Texas Railroad Commission is defending her seat this November at a time when the state’s oil and gas industry is booming but ...

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

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 ...

This week’s Mark in Texas History takes a look at the power of transportation, especially by train. The Angelina and Neches River Railroad was a key part of developing the City of Lufkin.

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 ...