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.
Texas 2036 released a 2027 Policy Playbook on Nov. 5 that outlines recommendations for lawmakers on education, healthcare, childcare, infrastructure and government accountability ahead of the next legislative session, the organization said in a news release.
The Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) has asked the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to join state and local partners in conducting preliminary damage assessments in El Paso County communities affected by recent heavy rainfall and flooding, the agency announced Nov. 5.
The Railroad Commission of Texas (RRC) issued 816 original drilling permits in October 2026, the agency said in a Nov. 5 news release detailing its monthly permit and completion statistics.
The Texas Medical Association (TMA) has filed a petition to intervene in a Travis County lawsuit brought by Texas Nurse Practitioners and two individual nurse practitioners against the executive directors of the Texas Medical Board and the Texas Board of Nursing, the association said in a Nov. 5 statement.
By Erin Mina Measles does not check a child’s vaccination record before it walks into a Texas classroom.
Celia Cole has a ratio she repeats whenever someone suggests charity can catch whoever falls out of federal food assistance.
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is encouraging Texans to attend Veterans Day events scheduled at multiple Texas State Veterans Homes, according to a news release from the Texas General Land Office (GLO).
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) is asking Texans to weigh in on the future of US 83 through a statewide survey open until Dec. 19, according to a Nov. 4 news release from the agency.
The State Board of Dental Examiners will take up another round of rules on proving lawful presence to hold a Texas dental license Nov. 6, seven months after the first set took effect.
The board that licenses Texas physician assistants will meet Nov. 6 to review the rules governing the profession and vote on a long slate of disciplinary orders.
The Texas Council for Developmental Disabilities will take up its own Sunset review Nov. 6, four weeks before the hearing on whether it should continue and without the staff recommendations it was told to expect in October.
The Texas Credit Union Commission will decide Nov. 6 whether to rehear its own August order in a long fight over whether one credit union may sign up members in all 254 Texas counties.