The Texas Legislature begins its work creating a state budget for the next two years with slightly less revenue available than it had during the previous biennium.
A single cow in Mexico and a pest the size of a housefly have held up pens full of Texas-bound cattle worth millions of dollars for the past six weeks.
As part of the 80th anniversary of World War II, the National Museum of the Pacific War in Fredericksburg, Texas, will host a three-day Battle of Iwo Jima commemorative event to honor and remember …
AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott announced this week that he, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), and the Texas National Guard continue to work together to secure the border; stop the smuggling of drugs, weapons, and people into Texas; and prevent, detect, and interdict transnational criminal activity between ports of entry.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced on Friday, January 17th, that his Texas Broadband Development Office (BDO) is piloting a competitive grant program to support the deployment of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite broadband service in rural, unserved areas of Texas, using $30 million from the state’s Broadband Infrastructure Fund.
The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher education institutions have requested nearly $25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway. State Sen. …
The Texas Hill Country is about to get more “enchanting” thanks to the recent purchase of a 3,073-acre property adjacent to Enchanted Rock State Natural Area in Llano County. The property …
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity (“Allstate”), for unlawfully collecting, using, and selling data about the location and movement …
AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) received confirmation of one case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in a Brown County high fence …
The 89th Texas legislative session begins on Jan. 14 with a still-unresolved race for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to surge Texas Anti-Terrorism Task Force resources to aggressively combat radical jihadist terrorism. This comes just days after Shamsud-Din Jabbar from Houston was inspired by ISIS to commit the terror attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people.
For 30 years, American and Mexican officials have known that the Amistad International Dam suffers from leaks that increasingly put the dam at risk of failure and pose a threat to hundreds of thousands of people living downstream.
Texas is the No. 2 growth state of 2024, according to U-Haul Growth Index data analyzing one-way customer transactions during the past year. This marks the ninth consecutive year the Lone Star State has been among the top two leading U-Haul growth states.
Drivers will no longer be required to get annual safety inspections beginning Jan. 1, the Texas Standard reported. However, drivers in the state’s 17 most populous counties will still be required to get an emissions test in order to register their vehicles.
Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the National Collegiate Athletic Association (“NCAA”) for engaging in false, deceptive, and misleading practices by marketing sporting events as “women’s” competitions only to then provide consumers with mixed sex competitions where biological males compete against biological females.
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking a $300 million transfusion of funds to bolster the state’s Medicaid application process, The Texas Tribune reported. The public …
House Speaker Dade Phelan withdrew last week from seeking another term leading that chamber. After three rounds of voting on Saturday, state Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield emerged as the preference of …
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing protection for the monarch butterfly and is seeking public input on listing the species as threatened, with specific protections and conservation incentives. Comments will be accepted until March 12, 2025. The service will review the feedback and additional information to decide whether to list the monarch as threatened.
It’s time for Texans to brace for cedar fever season once again. Cedar fever is an allergic reaction to the pollen released by mountain cedar trees, and unfortunately, you don’t have to be allergic to the pollen for it to affect you.
The state’s construction industry is voicing concern that President-elect Trump’s vow to deport millions of undocumented immigrants would cause major labor shortfalls, according to the Texas Standard.
