Texas Tribune: A House committee on Monday approved legislation that would limit local control over oil and gas activities -- a committee substitute for a bill that initially stirred anger in city halls across Texas.
In a 10-1 vote, the House Committee on Energy Resources approved an updated version of House Bill 40, among the most prominent of nearly a dozen bills filed in the aftermath of Denton's vote in November to ban hydraulic fracturing within the North Texas city's limits.
Intended to clarify where...