Covering Texas state agencies, regulatory commissions, and governmental bodies shaping policy across the Lone Star State.
Williamson County is asking state regulators for a formal hearing on a proposed taxing district for 108.7 acres about a mile north of Leander, and the state's own lawyers disagree on whether the county is entitled to one.
Twenty student nurses at Hill College finished their pediatrics and childbirth courses without ever caring for a real patient, and the Texas Board of Nursing would not let their graduation papers be signed until they went back and did the hours.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is opening the Backcountry Area at Enchanted Rock State Natural Area for expanded public day use on July 7, the first phase of self-guided access to one of the park's newest expansions, according to a July 6 news release from the agency.
Governor Greg Abbott announced that Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Texas Inc. will execute an expansion at its San Antonio assembly campus, constructing a second vehicle manufacturing line to boost its domestic production capacity.
The Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office (TREO) has issued a draft regulatory review recommending the amendment or repeal of 26 rules within the Texas Racing Commission (TXRC).
Texas will add exactly one new open-enrollment charter operator this year, after the State Board of Education signed off on Texas High School for Accelerated Learning, the single applicant the Texas Education Agency (TEA) advanced from a field of 18.
Texas' effort to control who pays for the power that data centers demand reaches two hard markers this month.
A 27-year-old man died at Lake Hawkins in Wood County on July 4, according to an official media statement from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Texas is preparing to fund special education based on how much service a student needs rather than where that student sits, one of the largest structural changes in the state's school-finance system in years, as the Texas Education Agency rolls out implementation guidance for House Bill 2 ahead of the 2026-27 school year.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is accepting applications for its 2026-27 drawn hunt permits program, offering nearly 9,800 permits across more than 60 hunt categories, the agency announced in a July 2 news release.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will host a second round of public meetings in Kerrville and Houston on July 8 and 9 to gather feedback on the Public Use Plan for Bear Creek State Park, the agency announced in a July 2 news release.
With Fourth of July crowds expected at lakes across Texas, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is reminding boaters, paddlers and anglers to clean, drain and dry their boats and equipment to help prevent the spread of aquatic invasive species, according to a July 2 news release.
The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) announced that the Texas Open Data Portal has achieved a major operational milestone, recording a nearly 6,800% explosion in data downloads over the last four years.
Texas health insurers are filing their proposed 2027 marketplace rates this summer after enhanced federal premium subsidies that supported Affordable Care Act coverage for millions expired.