Cartel fuel trafficking generates an estimated $12 billion to $21 billion a year — and some federal investigators now believe it has passed narcotics as the cartels' top revenue stream, the head of the Texas Department of Public Safety told the Senate Select Committee on Homeland and Border Security Thursday.
A drone expert opened the first hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Homeland and Border Security Wednesday with a countdown: "In security terms, today, August 12th is August 12, 2001.
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham sent a cease and desist letter to U.
The Texas General Land Office has ordered a federal contractor to stop unauthorized work on state land after finding more than a mile of it illegally cleared, Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham announced in a July 31 news release.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into two South Texas hospitals over advertising that his office says may have promoted unlawful "birth tourism," the agency announced July 29.
In mid-July 2026, a high-stakes legal and regulatory campaign by Texas's top executive and legislative leaders positioned the state at the forefront of the national debate over birthright citizenship and reproductive bioethics.
Six Texas universities are among the recipients of a $105 million federal research push against the New World screwworm, the U.
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.
This week, a biological threat long considered eradicated from the United States breached the Texas border, instantly disrupting the stability of the state's agricultural sector and triggering a major regulatory and political response.
During a recent episode of the Texas Tribune TribCast, journalists and agricultural experts discussed the confirmation of the parasitic New World screwworm fly in Texas for the first time since 1982.