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 syste 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.
Texas expanded its workforce for the 26th consecutive month, hitting another record high for total jobs, total employed, and total labor force.
An international study shows that the global recycling rate for aluminum cans reached 74.
Governor Greg Abbott celebrated the decision by SpaceX to dual-list its shares on both the Nasdaq and the newly established Nasdaq Texas stock exchange.
Texas beach volunteers removed more than 8,000 pounds of trash from the Coastal Bend and South Padre Island during the initial cleanups of 2026, according to the General Land Office.
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.
Between 2000 and 2025, Texas increased its share of the U.
Texas has emerged alongside California as one of the top two destinations in the United States for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) homebuyer migration, according to a report from the Asian Real Estate Association of America (AREAA) shared by Texas REALTORS®.