After backlash from lawmakers and advocates, a state board voted Tuesday to undo a rule change that would have allowed social workers to turn away clients who are LGBTQ or have a disability. The Texas ...
A construction worker takes a break in the sweltering heat. Credit: Texas Tribune / Poguz.P This article originally appeared on Inside Climate News, a nonprofit, non-partisan news organization that ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In San Antonio, the minimum wage matches the federal minimum at $7.25 per hour. (Josie Norris/San Antonio Express-News) A wave of ...
A dive team arrived at the scene to recover the bodies of the workers, Texas officials say. North Montgomery County Fire Department Three workers performing repairs died from toxic sewer gas in ...
In 2009, a dozen eggs cost $1.66, a gallon of milk cost $3.11, and a gallon of gas was as low as $1.80. And while the costs of those items has skyrocketed, one thing remains the same. The federal ...
Grant Beeber’s first swing was a bust. It was around midday on a recent afternoon inside the finance giant TIAA’s gleaming new regional office in The Star district of Frisco, Texas, and presumably ...
Eighteen-year-old Danny Nolasco spent the day of July 15, 2024, mixing and hauling buckets of cement at a construction site in stifling heat. The neighborhood of sprawling four- and five-bedroom ...
Texas crawfish coolers are running low as migrant workers stay away, leaving farms short-handed and restaurants struggling to keep the mud bugs on the menu.
Javier Espinoza from Espinoza & Brock, PLLC, explains the confusion around workers' rights in Texas, pointing out that it's the only state without mandatory workers' compensation. He stresses the ...
A worker died on Tuesday while repairing a water main at the intersection of Eldorado and Independence Parkways.
U.S. Rep. Monica De La Cruz promised to explore new ways for migrants to work legally in the construction industry. The Edinburg Republican announced on Monday her plans to meet with the U.S.