Covering Texas state agencies, regulatory commissions, and governmental bodies shaping policy across the Lone Star State.
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.
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Texas added 43,400 nonfarm jobs in June and 177,900 over the past year, the Texas Workforce Commission reported, pushing total employment in the state to 14,469,600 positions.
The Texas Department of Transportation has opened the state’s first mechanical runaway truck ramp, a safety system on Loop 375 in El Paso designed to stop big rigs that lose their brakes.
The Texas Department of Transportation is urging drivers to slow down, warning that speeding remains the leading factor in the state’s deadliest crashes.
A new infestation in a Sutton County goat, confirmed July 21, pushed the United States tally of New World screwworm to 42 cases — up from the 41 reported last week, when the parasite reached Starr County on the Rio Grande for the first time — but the more telling number this week is how few of those cases are still live.