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

AUSTIN, Texas — Plumbers in Texas will no longer be subject to state regulations after lawmakers this week flushed the state plumbing code and the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, a state ...

Discover the latest press releases from Texas Plumbing Careers (TPC) with the San Antonio Business Journal's BizSpotlight ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — In September, the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners will be abolished. This comes after state lawmakers left town without continuing the board through what’s known as the “sunset ...

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Last month's winter storm showed how in demand plumbers are and there's a way you can get in on the industry and get paid while doing it. The Houston Public Works department ...

Janicek's Plumbing, a local plumbing company in Wallis, TX, expands service to include Rosenberg, Fulshear, Katy, Brenham, and surrounding areas, with new services such as PEX repiping, gas pressure ...

Plumbers are on the go after more than two days of below-freezing temperatures in North Texas. Water expands as it turns into ice, which puts more pressure on pipes. Now homeowners are starting to ...

AUSTIN — Slater Chapa welcomes the government regulations he deals with every day he goes to work. "They give us protection, and they protect the citizens of Texas," said Chapa, who runs a plumbing ...

A New Jersey plumber and his family drove for more than 20 hours to Texas to help storm victims who otherwise would have faced weeks without clean water. Andrew Mitchell, whose dream to become a ...

Plumbers in Texas will no longer be subject to state regulations after lawmakers this week flushed the state plumbing code and the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners, a state agency that employed ...

Plumbers are calling Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and asking him to order lawmakers back to Austin for a special legislative session to remedy the situation. Plumbers in Texas will no longer be subject to ...