August 13, 2026 at 10:55 am CDT
Texas House Public Health Committee to Examine Social Media, Infant Mortality, AI and Disease Threats
The Texas House Committee on Public Health will gavel in at 9 a.
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August 13, 2026 at 10:45 am CDT
Rep. Katrina Pierson Details 12-Part Texas Women’s Health Initiative Built on Prevention and Early Detection
State Representative Katrina Pierson has laid out a 12-part legislative package under the banner of the Texas Women's Health Initiative, pairing six women's health proposals with six broader medical measures aimed at prevention, early detection, treatment access and protecting the physician-patient relationship, according to an Aug.
August 13, 2026 at 8:30 am CDT
‘The question is whether Texas builds the defenses before it arrives’: Senate border committee confronts the hostile-drone threat
A drone expert opened the first hearing of the Senate Select Committee on Homeland and Border Security Wednesday with a countdown: "In security terms, today, August 12th is August 12, 2001.
August 12, 2026 at 4:00 pm CDT
24 million barrels a day: Texas’ produced-water rollout advances as regulators ask lawmakers to draw the line between them
Texas oil and gas wells surface roughly 24 million barrels of salty water every day — more than a billion gallons — and the state's plan to turn that waste stream into a water supply now hinges on rules still being written and a jurisdictional boundary two agencies admit they cannot locate.
August 12, 2026 at 11:11 am CDT
Texas House Government Efficiency Committee to Review Cyber Command, AI Fraud Detection and Data Privacy
The Texas House Committee on Delivery of Government Efficiency will gavel in at 9 a.
August 12, 2026 at 8:37 am CDT
‘Fire almost doubles in size every 60 seconds’: Texas takes stock of its wildfire defenses
Two and a half years after a snapped utility pole ignited the largest wildfire in Texas history, the Senate Committee on Natural Resources spent more than three hours Tuesday auditing every layer of the state's wildfire defenses — and heard that the machinery lawmakers built in 2025 is largely on schedule, but that the hardest questions, from powerline liability to who approves a utility's mitigation plan, are already queued up for the next Legislature.
August 11, 2026 at 12:48 pm CDT
Texas House Aviation Committee to Examine Airport Infrastructure, Air Service and Workforce Shortages
The Texas House Select Committee on General Aviation will gavel in at 10 a.
August 11, 2026 at 12:47 pm CDT
Texas House Committee to Review Pension Soundness and Financial Services Laws
The Texas House Committee on Pensions, Investments & Financial Services will gavel in at 10 a.
August 11, 2026 at 12:47 pm CDT
Texas House Broadband Subcommittee to Examine Grant Programs, Deployment Barriers and First Responder Networks
The Texas House Subcommittee on Telecommunications & Broadband will gavel in at 11 a.
August 11, 2026 at 12:43 pm CDT
Texas House Higher Education Committee to Examine College Affordability, Foreign Influence and Research Competitiveness
The Texas House Committee on Higher Education will gavel in at 9 a.