Texas sent 41.3 million tons of municipal waste to landfills in its most recent fiscal year and recovered only about 2 million tons for recycling or reuse — roughly one ton diverted for every 20 buried — according to the state's latest waste accounting, even as volunteers keep pulling tons of bottles and cans from Texas rivers and beaches.
The Texas Restaurant Association has named three hospitality leaders to its 2026 Hall of Honor, the association's highest distinction, according to a June 22 news release.
Two Texas sorting plants have renewed the highest national rating for glass recycling, even as most of the glass Texans drop into their bins never becomes a new bottle — a gap that recycling groups say a statewide container-deposit system would help close.
In late June 2026, a sweeping set of executive directives from the Governor's office placed the future of the state's economic infrastructure at the center of intense institutional and regulatory planning.
Governor Greg Abbott announced that commercial aerospace leader Axiom Space has officially moved its corporate legal headquarters from Delaware to Texas.
The Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office (TREO) has outlined a new proposal to amend or repeal 86 rules within the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV).
The Texas Hemp Business Council (THBC) legal team filed a formal Motion for Rehearing on June 22 requesting that the newly established 15th Court of Appeals reconsider its recent decision to lift a temporary injunction protecting the industry from state agency rules.
Governor Greg Abbott announced a series of state agency directives aimed at immediately scaling up Texas' workforce development pipelines and steering more citizens into high-demand, high-paying trade careers.
Texas is emerging as an alternative to Delaware for U.S. business headquarters by systematically rewriting the rules of American corporate law, according to a Texans for Lawsuit Reform policy paper.
Economic downturns, political battles, and even a global pandemic have forced many leaders to reinvent themselves.