Texas

Checking in with the remaining reporters in Val Verde County, Texas, three years after its last daily newspaper folded.

Researchers have labeled 204 counties in America as "news deserts" — places that lack access to credible, reliable news sources. That includes Val Verde County, Texas.

"This market is just really wacky right now," says Houston-based broker LaTisha Grant.

More than two-thirds of the Fortune 500 are incorporated in the First State, but Texas is gunning for a share of that.

The new funding approach puts more money into the system and more emphasis on outcomes rather than enrollment totals.

Big companies have been paying billions to acquire smaller competitors — and their drilling rights.

The Texas legislature has kept sports betting illegal for now, but there's a massive amount of revenue to be made in the state.

"This particular job, one of the reasons I took it is because I knew that you'd never stop learning, and I find that really exciting," said Violet O'Brien, a notary in Houston.

The Permian Basin, which runs through West Texas and New Mexico, produces more oil than most countries.

A new report by Philadelphia’s Center City District analyzed the economic recovery in the 26 largest downtown districts in the country. Five of them were in Texas.