With the state's July 25 certification deadline behind them, county appraisal districts have handed local taxing units their certified 2026 tax rolls — the official value of everything they can tax — and the yearlong property-tax fight now moves from what your home is worth to the rate your city, county and school board set in August.
Administrative law judges on July 24 denied two motions seeking to reopen the record in the disputed Howard-Solstice transmission line case, keeping the proceeding on schedule as they prepare a recommendation for the Public Utility Commission of Texas.
Two of the biggest tests of Texas public education policy arrive within weeks of each other this August, and together they will frame how the state judges its schools heading into the 2027 legislative session.
By Dhiyasri Thirumurugan Every public school restroom in Texas contains toilet paper.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has reopened the Shady Ridge Camping Loop at Cedar Hill State Park, restoring 68 campsites near Joe Pool Lake after a multi-year closure for repairs and renovations, the agency announced in a July 23 news release.
Governor Greg Abbott announced that Diode will not pursue a proposed data center near Cedar Creek Lake in Henderson County after the company determined the project did not meet the Governor’s directives or community expectations, according to a July 23 news release.
Governor Greg Abbott announced more than $114 million in housing tax credits to finance the development or rehabilitation of 70 rental properties across Texas, a move the state says will create or preserve more than 4,400 affordable rental units, according to a July 23 news release.
The Texas Workforce Commission has awarded a $150,000 Texas Industry Partnership grant to Workforce Solutions Lower Rio Grande Valley and The PossAble Dream Foundation to expand job training for adult learners in South Texas, the agency announced in a July 23 news release.
Texas health officials open the floor to public comment today on a proposed Medicaid pay increase aimed at the rural hospitals still delivering babies — one of a slate of rate changes the state wants in effect by Sept.