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More than 200 transportation and emergency response professionals gathered recently for the second annual Operation STEER ...

Fallen Navasota officer Sgt. Mark Allen Butler could see a highway named in his honor. A new bill filed in the Texas Legislature would designate a portion of State Highway 6 ...

Police in Austin, Texas arrested a suspect Friday following a 17-vehicle crash on I-35 that left five people dead, including a child and an infant.

Lawmakers file various bills seeking to reform Texas' toll road policies. Some would decriminalize unpaid tolls.

Animal rescuers in Texas shared the "rescue story of a lifetime," which involved firefighters, a dog and a deep well under a ...

The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) began pre-treating roads with brine solution Sunday. Fort Worth officials say the city stockpiled approximately 4,000 tons of sand mixed with salt in ...

Employees at the Texas Department of Transportation said they were told verbally about the return to office directive. Those announcements created chaos for agency leaders tasked with bringing ...

Abbott, Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, Texas Department of Transportation Executive Director Marc Williams, Electric Reliability Council of Texas CEO Pablo Vegas ...

There have been eight pedestrian accidents on Weber Rd. Between Caravelle and Holly since 2020. TxDOT officials say they ...

The project, first proposed in 2019 and known as the Texas GulfLink Deepwater Port, has been awaiting a final authorization from the Transportation Department’s Maritime Administration.