Covering Texas state agencies, regulatory commissions, and governmental bodies shaping policy across the Lone Star State.
Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott visited Killeen and Borger to celebrate their entry into the Texas Main Street Program.
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announced the official acquisition of the 54,000-acre Silver Lake Ranch on May 27.
The Texas Transportation Commission approved hundreds of millions of dollars in infrastructure construction contracts and finalized statewide transit plans during its May 2026 regular meeting.
A formal opinion request asking whether Texas counties have the legal authority to pause data center construction has been under review at the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) for more than three months.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a consumer privacy lawsuit on May 21 against Meta Platforms Inc.
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) announced the launch of the state's first artificial intelligence-driven "Smart Corridor" pilot program along a critical stretch of State Highway 130.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is seeking public comment on a new regulatory proposal that would institute mandatory harvest reporting for mountain lions.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced on May 20 that it is accepting applications for its New Technology Implementation Grant program (NTIG).
This week, the state of Texas took a step forward in its campaign to further downsize the regulatory bureaucracy in Texas, officially supplementing traditional deregulation efforts with an automated, artificial-intelligence-driven model of governance.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) confirmed the state's first human case of West Nile virus illness for the 2026 season on May 19.