AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas’ manual laborers are facing harsh financial and safety concerns, according to a new study released Tuesday. The report was released at the WDP office in Austin in a room with a ...

In Texas, construction workers are more likely to die on the job than laborers in any other industry – and yet well over half of them don’t have any type of workers’ compensation insurance. That’s ...

Texas workers have long struggled with wage theft by their employers—and the state’s willingness and ability to crack down on scofflaw employers has been relatively minimal. Now, rates of suspected ...

You’re cruising down a Texas highway when a construction zone sign suddenly pops up. You glance around — no cones, no workers, just a notice to slow down from 70 mph to 50 mph. Do you really have to ...

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 ...

Access to low-wage workers, who are often foreign-born and sometimes undocumented, remains a critical resource for construction companies responding to steady building demand in Texas. Nearly 300,000 ...