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.
More than 30 members of the Denton–Lewisville Kappa Alpha Psi Alumni Chapter cleaned up a state-maintained road they recently adopted as part of TxDOT’s Don’t Mess with Texas Trash-Off, the agency said in a June 2 feature.
A nearly two-mile stretch of Spur 399 in Collin County is preparing to open new lanes this summer as the project nears its first year of construction, TxDOT said in a June 6 update.
With the 2025-26 school year now complete, Texas has finished the first full year under House Bill 1481, the statewide prohibition on student use of personal communication devices during the school day, and the early assessments from educators, teacher groups, and researchers point in the same general direction: noticeably calmer campuses, with the harder questions about discipline and academic results still unresolved.
One of the largest single data-center projects yet planned in Texas is approaching an operational milestone in a rural county west of Fort Worth.
Governor Greg Abbott announced a nearly $30 million Texas Energy Fund grant to strengthen electric reliability for members of Rita Blanca Electric Cooperative in the northwestern corner of the Texas Panhandle, according to a June 29 news release from the Office of the Governor.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is inviting Texans to mark the nation's 250th birthday with patriotic, history-themed programming at state parks across Texas this Fourth of July, according to a June 29 news release.
As the notice dispute over the central Permian Basin Reliability Plan line draws attention to Bell County, the westernmost leg of the same 765-kilovolt corridor is moving toward its own decision point.
The number of confirmed New World screwworm cases in the United States has climbed to 27 animals as of June 29, nearly all of them in Texas, while the cattle futures market, which includes the state's $15 billion cattle sector, is nearing all-time highs.
The Texas Medical Association recognized four science educators with its 2026 Ernest and Sarah Butler Awards for Excellence in Science Teaching during a ceremony in Austin on June 26, honoring instructors whose classrooms help spark students' interest in medicine.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced more than $8.8 million in Texas Energy Fund grants on June 26 to bolster electric reliability for members of Lamb County Electric Cooperative, Inc. in the South Plains, funding a package of four projects ranging from transmission line replacement to expanded transformer capacity.
The Supreme Court of Texas issued an order blocking Harris County from continuing to distribute taxpayer funds to supply legal representation for undocumented immigrants facing federal deportation proceedings.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Coastal Fisheries Division marked the 20th anniversary of its Groundwater to the Gulf program this year, bringing 30 educators from Austin to the Texas coast for a hands-on institute on water science.