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.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed, as the domestic case count held at 35 for a fifth consecutive day with no new detection reported since a July 10 goat in Crockett County.
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.
State Representative Don McLaughlin (R-Uvalde) issued an urgent call to action following reports that the New World Screwworm (NWS) has been detected one mile from the Texas border.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivered remarks at the National Border Patrol Council's 2026 Convention dinner, applauding what he described as historic border enforcement actions coordinated by Texas and the federal government under the Trump Administration.