The state office distributing more than $5 billion in broadband money arrived at the Capitol on Aug. 18 with two fired directors behind it, a state auditor's investigation ahead of it and a new manager who did not defend the record.
Gov. Greg Abbott announced that SpaceX will construct a vertically integrated semiconductor fabrication plant in Grimes County, a first-phase capital investment of more than $16.8 billion that is expected to create 3,000 new jobs, according to an Aug. 6 news release from the governor's office.
Brandon Creighton spent two decades in the Texas Legislature writing the rules for higher education.
Texas has drawn more than $140 billion in capital commitments across four major artificial intelligence and infrastructure projects, making the state the industrial backbone of American AI, according to a new economic report released this month by Build American AI, a 501(c)(4) nonprofit that advocates for U.S. leadership in emerging technologies.
Gov. Greg Abbott met with U.S. Secretary of the Air Force Troy E. Meink at the Governor's Mansion on July 31, a meeting that marked the announcement of a new partnership agreement worth up to $300 million between the Texas Space Commission, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the United States Space Force, according to a news release from the governor's office.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a court order requiring the messaging platform Discord to extend the same child-safety protections it offers users in the United Kingdom to users in Texas.
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows on Tuesday requested that the State Auditor's Office conduct a performance audit of the Texas Broadband Development Office's administration of its grant program, citing concerns about how the office is distributing billions of dollars in state and federal funds for internet expansion.
The Texas Regulatory Efficiency Office (TREO) has issued a draft regulatory review recommending the amendment or repeal of 26 rules within the Texas Racing Commission (TXRC).
A San Antonio ordinance requiring fraud warning signs at every cryptocurrency kiosk in the city took effect July 1 after police linked the machines to about $39 million in reported scam losses since January 2024.
The Texas Department of Information Resources (DIR) announced that the Texas Open Data Portal has achieved a major operational milestone, recording a nearly 6,800% explosion in data downloads over the last four years.