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.
“Board members, you should have received an email with the minutes attached from our November 1st, 2023 meeting,” presiding officer Cynthia Rothermel said.
The Railroad Commission of Texas reported that statewide crude oil production reached a preliminary 129,523,336 barrels in May 2026, an average of roughly 4.18 million barrels per day.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that $3,307,000 in Funds for Veterans' Assistance grants have been awarded to 13 organizations in the East Texas region, according to an Aug. 6 news release from the governor's office.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that SpaceX will construct a vertically integrated semiconductor fabrication plant in Grimes County, a first-phase capital investment of more than $16.8 billion that is expected to create 3,000 new jobs, according to an Aug. 6 news release from the governor's office.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality is accepting applications for the Seaport and Rail Yard Areas Emissions Reduction Program, with $24 million in funding available to reduce nitrogen oxides emissions at seaports and rail yards located in the state's air quality non-attainment areas, the agency announced in an Aug. 5 news release.
Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Workforce Commission announced a Skills Development Fund grant of $81,867 to El Paso Community College in partnership with Novipax Buyer LLC, according to an Aug. 6 news release from the agency.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that QTS Data Centers has committed to comply with the statewide data center standards and guidelines he established earlier this summer and to participate in the state's comprehensive audit, according to an Aug. 6 news release from the governor's office.
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board’s Programs of Study Advisory Committee spent most of Wednesday afternoon on a question that sounds like housekeeping and is not: who gets to sit in the rooms where Texas decides what a community-college career program teaches.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas is reminding residents of consumer protections designed to keep electricity service connected during periods of extreme heat, according to an Aug. 4 news release from the agency.
Gov. Greg Abbott has announced a Texas Energy Fund grant totaling more than $8 million to strengthen electric reliability for members of the Bailey County Electric Cooperative Association in the Texas Panhandle and South Plains, according to an Aug. 5 news release from the governor's office.
The Railroad Commission of Texas has issued its second permit for a deep geopressured geothermal well dedicated to energy storage, approving a well in Galveston County for Quidnet Energy Deployment LLC, the agency announced in a July 30 news release.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has acquired 2,850 acres in Stephens County that will become the Robbie Davis Wildlife Management Area, the agency announced in an Aug. 5 news release.