The Texas Legislature is in a special session and discussing proposals to improve disaster preparedness after floods killed more than 130 people early this month.

Across the state, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has scooped up swaths of household breadwinners, leaving their families scrambling to afford rent while grieving their absent loved ones.

Co-management of a Chinook salmon hatchery on the Coquille river in southwest Oregon has helped the fish population thrive ...