The Texas attorney general's office has begun distributing more than 7 million free eggs to food banks across the state, with more than 1.7 million already delivered, Attorney General Ken Paxton announced in a Sept. 8 news release.Another 5.322 million eggs are scheduled for delivery in the coming weeks, according to the release.
Governor Greg Abbott announced Sept. 2 that the Texas Department of Insurance has reminded insurers that the practice known as price optimization violates Texas law for all TDI-regulated insurance products.
Three things happened in Texas health care on September 1.
Texas has spent three sessions pushing state money into rural sheriff's offices.
Governor Greg Abbott directed the Texas Department of Insurance to take a series of actions intended to make property and casualty insurance more affordable for Texans who invest in their homes, according to an Aug. 24 news release from the Office of the Texas Governor.
Texas built its growth story on a simple promise: a family could move here and afford a home.
The longest single stretch of Monday's House committee hearing was not about a law already on the books.
Four mayors and other city officials came to the Capitol on Monday to tell a Texas House committee they are complying with the state's most aggressive housing law passed last session.
Texas home insurers earned roughly 22 cents in profit for every dollar of premiums they collected in 2025 — their best year in two decades — according to preliminary financial data reported July 8, even as homeowners pay about 80% more for coverage than they did in 2020.
Rep. Gary Gates' committee will take invited and public testimony on whether the spread of municipal utility districts helps or hurts housing affordability, and will review the General Land Office, School Land Board and Board for Lease of University Lands.