One seat on the three-person Railroad Commission of Texas, which oversees the multibillion-dollar oil and gas industry in the state, is up for election this year.The three powerful commissioners ...

Railroad Commission candidates Christi Craddick, clockwise from top left, Katherine Culbert, Eddie Espinoza and Hawk Dunlap. Melissa Phillip, Handout, Staff Photographer ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas is the Lone Star State’s oldest government agency. What started out as a body tasked with preventing discrimination in railroad charges, now oversees regulations ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas is the Lone Star State’s oldest government agency. What started out as a body tasked with preventing discrimination in railroad charges, now oversees regulations ...

Texas Railroad Commission candidates Katherine Culbert, Hawk Dunlap and Eddie Espinoza at the Oct. 16 candidates' forum. Republican incumbent Christi Craddick did not attend.

One seat on the three-member Railroad Commission of Texas, which oversees the state’s multibillion-dollar oil and gas industry, is up for election this year. The three powerful commissioners ...

Learn about the candidates for Texas railroad commissioner before you vote in the Republican primary on Election Day, March 1, 2022.

And right now, Texas oil and gas has a reputation as not being particularly clean, because the Texas Railroad Commission doesn’t enforce the rules, doesn’t hold that actors accountable ...

Texas Railroad Commission candidates Katherine Culbert, Hawk Dunlap and Eddie Espinoza at the Oct. 16 candidates' forum. Republican incumbent Christi Craddick did not attend.

Left to right, Virginia Palacios moderates a Texas Railroad Commission candidate forum panel with Hawk Dunlap, Katherine Culbert and Eddie Espinoza in Austin on October. 16, 2024.

When the Texas Railroad Commission was created in 1891, regulating trains was part of its mission. The state agency’s duties have changed but the name has not, which can be confusing ...

The Railroad Commission of Texas is the Lone Star State’s oldest government agency. What started out as a body tasked with preventing discrimination in railroad charges, now oversees regulations ...