More than 96 percent of Texas is privately owned. This makes us an outlier, especially among other big states. Alaska is more than 95 percent public, almost exactly the opposite of the case in Texas.

Texas authorities will employ "eminent domain" authority to take land from private owners for the state's inaugural ...

The Texas Agricultural Land Trust has been helping Texas landowners conserve their land legacies for future generations for ...

Michael and Susan Price spent decades as lawyers in Alaska, building careers in the rugged cold. But when retirement rolled ...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his blind trust own 10 properties from Hawaii to Florida. This year, just one was ...

A new policy on guns has landed the State Fair of Texas in court: Should you be allowed to bring guns to the fair?

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Texas Pacific Land, a solid investment with high earnings quality and regular dividends, may be overvalued for value ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Houston Matters discusses how land use and zoning practices might play into the La Porte pipeline fire and get reaction to ...

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USC Trojans prospect, four-star Corner Canyon (UT) quarterback Helaman Casuga will announce his commitment next month, as ...