The nine-member board that licenses Texas car dealers votes Thursday on rules meant to make the state's vehicle-records privacy law enforceable against the businesses that hold your name, address and license number.
The agency that regulates Texas credit unions has been suing the state's attorney general since December 2021 to keep a set of records out of public hands.
LiftFund launched the 2026 Flood Rebuilding Grant Program, a $5 million fund offering grants of up to $50,000 to small businesses and nonprofits damaged in the July 2026 Hill Country floods, according to an Aug. 3 news release from the San Antonio-based nonprofit lender.
Texas had 212 state-chartered banks at the end of 2024 and 200 a year later.
The mechanics are older than the news.
Attorney General Ken Paxton has opened an investigation into an online puppy-selling business, Lone Star Pups LLC, over allegations that it misled Texas consumers about the origins and veterinary care of the animals it sells, the agency announced July 29.
The Texas Commission of Licensing and Regulation spent more of Tuesday morning on one contested case than on any of the other seven, and the reason had nothing to do with the size of the business involved.
The Texas Restaurant Association has joined a national coalition of business and community leaders urging the U.S. House Judiciary Committee not to advance H.R. 2 unless the bill is paired with a work permit solution for long-term, law-abiding immigrant workers.
LiftFund, a San Antonio-based nonprofit small business lender, launched the 2026 Texas Hill Country Flood Relief Program on July 17, offering grants of up to $10,000 to small businesses and nonprofit organizations damaged by the July 2026 flooding across the region.
Building a successful business sometimes begins with solving other people's problems. That was the experience of Katherine McLane, CEO and founder of the Mach 1 Group.