Environmental groups argue a state law allowing Boca Chica Beach to be closed for SpaceX launches violates the Texas Constitution’s guarantee of free and unrestricted public beach access.
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Sanitation crews that service marinas around Clear Lake, which is located on the Texas coast, estimated that about 140 people currently live on boats full time in the area.
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The National Weather Service says storm chances will increase late this week and continue into early next week as a cold front and low-pressure system move toward South Central Texas.
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Public hearings on the rate hikes are scheduled for April 7 and May 5.
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One disturbance arrives Wednesday, while the other could emerge sometime before the weekend.
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A high in the lower 90s was expected in the city by afternoon on Thursday.
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After catastrophic flooding claimed 117 lives and reshaped the Guadalupe River, volunteers and biologists are planting thousands of native cuttings along its banks, marking a turning point in the long work of restoration.
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Highs will push close to 80 on Wednesday.
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All signs point to an early spring.
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The funds are part of the department’s local parks grant program. During the last legislative session, about $60 million was allocated to TPWD for local parks in House Bill 500.
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More than a dozen health and environmental groups are suing the Environmental Protection Agency over its rollback of a rule that fought climate change. The “endangerment finding”, states that the buildup of heat-trapping pollution in the atmosphere endangers public health. The rollback is widely seen as a major setback to efforts to combat the climate crisis.