Covering Texas state agencies, regulatory commissions, and governmental bodies shaping policy across the Lone Star State.
Three Texas counties may leave fire sprinklers out of the cells where they lock people up — including a 500-bed jail Liberty County has not built yet — under votes the state’s jail regulator took Nov. 5.
The Texas Legislature has not overridden a governor's veto since 1979.
The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents will meet Nov. 11 and 12 in College Station and vote on the next construction phase of the semiconductor institute going up at its research campus in Bryan.
The Texas Tech University System Board of Regents will meet Nov. 11 in Lubbock and vote on a package that creates an undergraduate artificial-intelligence business degree in Lubbock and clears a consulting contract to spread AI through the system’s health sciences center.
The University of Houston System Board of Regents will meet Nov. 11 and vote on building a center for nuclear fusion energy at the system’s Technology Bridge research campus — a center the Legislature has not yet agreed to pay for.
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines said an agency-wide performance review has uncovered what appears to be decades of systemic failures in the Comptroller’s office’s employment eligibility verification practices, and he called on federal authorities to audit every state and local government entity in Texas, according to a Nov. 6 news release.
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. on Nov. 20 to receive comments on proposed amendments to its rules governing surface equipment removal requirements and inactive wells, as well as certificates of compliance, transportation authority and operator reports, the agency said in a Nov. 6 news release.
Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to mobilize additional state emergency response resources in anticipation of rain and flooding expected to affect the state this weekend, according to a Nov. 6 news release from the governor’s office.
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) has opened registration for its next Listening Session, scheduled for Nov. 10 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the agency said in a Nov. 6 news release.
The Texas Workforce Commission is now accepting applications for Disaster Unemployment Assistance from workers in 20 counties affected by severe storms and flooding that occurred between July 12 and Aug. 4, 2026, the agency said in a Nov. 6 news release.
The Railroad Commission of Texas has opened registration for its next Listening Session, scheduled for Nov. 10 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the agency said in a Nov. 6 news release.
The Railroad Commission of Texas will hold a public hearing at 10 a.m. Nov. 20 to receive comments on proposed amendments to its rules implementing Senate Bill 1150, the agency said in a Nov. 6 news release.
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines called on President Donald Trump, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to audit every state and local government entity in Texas, according to a Nov. 6 news release from the Comptroller’s office.
The Texas Restaurant Association said it looks forward to working with newly elected and returning state leaders to help Texas families and local businesses thrive, according to a Nov. 6 statement on the 2026 state election.