July 14, 2026 at 7:59 am CDT
House land-use panel turns to utility districts and its three land agencies July 21
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July 13, 2026 at 8:30 am CDT
Abbott and Patrick Split on How Best to Cut Property Taxes as Certification Season Makes This Year’s Relief Real
As Texas appraisal districts race toward the July 25 deadline to certify their tax rolls, the state's two most powerful Republicans are advancing competing visions for the next round of property-tax cuts, and the gap between them will frame the property tax debate.
July 13, 2026 at 7:25 am CDT
House land-use committee to check on 2025 housing laws and study local fees, faster permits July 20
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July 11, 2026 at 8:32 pm CDT
Meta Defends Corporate Resource Footprint in Formal Response to Texas House Water Probe
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July 9, 2026 at 9:38 am CDT
Babies “immediately jetted off to China”: Texas senators open a campaign against surrogacy exploitation
Texas has some of the most permissive surrogacy laws in the country, and on Wednesday the Texas Senate's health panel spent more than two hours of invited testimony — and much of a long public-comment line — building the case that foreign nationals and commercial agencies are exploiting them.
July 9, 2026 at 9:28 am CDT
Senators Told All Summer Camp Emergency Plans Flunked First Review; 307 Camps Still Got Licenses
A year and four days after the Hill Country floods killed dozens of campers and counselors, the state officials who now license Texas youth camps told senators Wednesday that the new safety law has teeth.
July 9, 2026 at 8:15 am CDT
Analysis: The Cannabinoid Conflict—Texas Senate Lays Groundwork for a Definitive Hemp Crackdown
In early July 2026, the ongoing struggle between state regulators and the rapidly expanding consumable hemp industry returned to the center of Texas public policy.
July 8, 2026 at 11:48 am CDT
‘I’m From Your Future’: Witnesses Urge Texas Senators to Treat THC As a Public Health Emergency
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July 8, 2026 at 8:20 am CDT
‘The best $2,000 my commissioners court has agreed to spend’: Texas jails carry the state’s mental health crisis, and sheriffs want out
A sheriff, a prosecutor, a defense lawyer and a probate judge sat at the same witness table Tuesday and told the Texas Senate Committee on Health and Human Services the same thing: county jails have become the state's default mental hospital, and the counties are paying for it.
July 6, 2026 at 9:40 am CDT
Texas Senate Panel Opens Health Case Against THC at Invited-Only Hearing Tuesday
The Texas Senate Health and Human Services Committee will meet Tuesday in Austin to hear invited testimony on THC's links to psychotic disorders, mental health emergency detentions and rising health care costs.