Covering Texas state agencies, regulatory commissions, and governmental bodies shaping policy across the Lone Star State.
Texas firefighters would have to spend at least four hours a year actually pulling hose, throwing ladders and working in an air pack — not clicking through modules on a station computer — under a rule change the state’s firefighter advisory committee took up Sept. 24.
Gary VanDeaver, the former rural superintendent who fought private school vouchers in 2023 who was one of only two House Republicans to vote no when they passed in 2025, will take over the Texas Association of School Boards on Oct. 1.
The nine-member board that invests $92.5 billion for Texas's public universities meets Sept. 24 in Austin, its first meeting since new rules took effect letting it borrow more, hold more assets it cannot sell quickly, and put more money with any single outside manager.
The board that runs retirement for more than 940 Texas cities meets Sept. 24 to settle what, if anything, it will ask the Legislature for in 2027.
Gov. Greg Abbott's Sept. 21 order halting state permits for data centers reaches a group his first pause left alone: projects that plan to build their own power plants instead of solely drawing from the grid.
Texans would have to hand a clerk their driver’s license and let a machine read it before buying a lottery ticket — every ticket, every time, however plainly old the buyer is — under a rule that a state advisory committee voted Sept. 22 to send on for final adoption.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is inviting Texans to bring friends and family into the outdoors for National Hunting and Fishing Day on Sept. 26, a celebration that recognizes hunters and anglers for their contributions to wildlife and conservation, according to a Sept. 21 news release from the agency.
Oil and natural gas exploration and production employment in Texas increased by 400 jobs in August 2026 compared with July, according to a Sept. 21 news release from the Texas Oil & Gas Association citing newly released Texas Workforce Commission data.
Texas Oil & Gas Association President Todd Staples on Sept. 21 issued a statement opposing calls for a ban on diesel exports, warning that such a move would cost domestic jobs and create fuel shortages at home, according to a news release from the association.
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines said the approximately $7.5 billion the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has approved to reimburse Texas for border security costs is the first installment of what the federal government owes the state, according to a Sept. 21 news release from the Comptroller's office.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a settlement with Sprouts Farmers Market, Inc. that ensures none of the grocer's produce will be misted with the synthetic antimicrobial pesticide ProduceMaxx, according to a Sept. 21 news release from the Office of the Attorney General.
Governor Greg Abbott on Sept. 21 directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to activate state emergency response resources ahead of heavy rainfall and flooding threats expected to affect portions of West Texas and the Texas Panhandle over the next several days, according to a news release from the Governor's office.
Governor Greg Abbott on Sept. 21 directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to halt all permits sought by data centers until the Electric Reliability Council of Texas completes its audit of data center projects, according to a news release from the Governor's office.
Governor Greg Abbott on Sept. 21 delivered remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for Eli Lilly and Company's $6.5 billion active pharmaceutical ingredient manufacturing site at Generation Park in Harris County, according to a news release from the Governor's office.