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Care stops and rental plans can make a shorter fair visit work for the whole family
Baby-care locations, family restrooms and mobility rentals offer practical anchors for an opening-week outing.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 29, 20262 min read
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Texas Comptroller Enhances Fraud Prevention Controls Across State Payment Systems
The Texas Comptroller's office has deployed advanced account validation and analytics to strengthen electronic payment safeguards and prevent fraud across all state agencies.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 28, 20261 min read
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Federal Officials Expand Disaster Assistance to Four Additional Texas Counties After Summer Floods
Federal emergency officials have expanded a major disaster declaration across Texas, adding four more counties to receive public assistance funding following severe summer storms and flooding.
Arlen IversonSeptember 27, 20261 min read
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Texas Counties Work to Process 200,000 Backlogged Voter Registrations Following State Portal Error
County election offices across Texas are processing more than 200,000 delayed voter registration records after a state portal technical glitch held up driver's license submissions ahead of the October deadline.
Dexter LindgrenSeptember 26, 20262 min read
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Texas Attorney General Launches Inquiry into Data Center Water Reporting Compliance
Attorney General Ken Paxton initiated a statewide enforcement investigation into hundreds of commercial data centers across 18 Texas counties over failure to submit mandatory water use surveys.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 25, 20261 min read
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Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down Interstate Handgun Purchase Ban in Texas Lawsuit
A divided Fifth Circuit panel ruled that federal restrictions barring direct out-of-state handgun sales violate the Second Amendment, invalidating key provisions of the 1968 Gun Control Act.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 24, 20262 min read
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Texas Reaches Settlement with Sprouts to Prohibit Chemical Misting on Produce
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has secured a nationwide settlement with Sprouts Farmers Market, prohibiting the grocery chain from misting produce with the chemical sanitizer ProduceMaxx.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 23, 20261 min read
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Texas Halts Environmental Permits for Data Centers Pending Power Grid Audit
Governor Greg Abbott has directed the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality to freeze all environmental permits for data center projects until an electrical grid reliability audit is completed.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 22, 20261 min read
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Texas Launches Working Group to Establish Three-Year Bachelor's Degree Pathways Statewide
Texas state officials have appointed a 13-member higher education working group tasked with creating a statewide framework for accelerated three-year bachelor's degrees aimed at lowering college costs.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 21, 20262 min read
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Texas Attorney General Clarifies Mandatory Reporting Rules for School District Police
A formal legal opinion issued by the Texas Attorney General clarifies that school district police must refer suspected abuse cases to outside law enforcement.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 20, 20261 min read
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Federal Regulators Approve $7.5 Billion Border Security Reimbursement for Texas
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security approved $7.5 billion in federal funding to reimburse Texas for expenditures incurred under Operation Lone Star.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 19, 20261 min read
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Federal Regulators Approve Nearly $12 Billion in Medicaid Funding for Texas Healthcare Providers
Federal regulators approved nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding for Texas hospitals, physicians, and rural clinics following extensive intergovernmental negotiations.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 18, 20261 min read
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Texas Regulators Move to Restrict Property Insurance Denials and Curb Premium Hikes
The Texas Department of Insurance outlined new regulatory mandates targeting escalating residential insurance rates, barring carriers from denying coverage solely based on roof age.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 18, 20262 min read
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Texas Supreme Court Prohibits Mid-Election Redistricting Changes for November General Election
The Texas Supreme Court has barred Galveston County from using newly redrawn precinct lines in November, ruling that changing voting maps mid-election cycle violates state law.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 14, 20261 min read
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Texas Regulators Approve 370-Mile Transmission Line to Power Permian Basin Energy Sector
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved a 370-mile transmission line linking South Texas to the Permian Basin, ordering utilities to work with landowners to mitigate property impacts.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 13, 20262 min read
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Texas Court Rules Against TikTok in Landmark Child Safety and Deceptive Practices Case
A Texas state district judge has found TikTok liable for deceiving parents about platform safety and exposing minors to explicit material, marking the first time a state has established liability against the social media company.
Gwen LindgrenSeptember 12, 20261 min read
Statewide Moratorium on Data Center Approvals Sparks Election Debate
Texas has paused new data center approvals while evaluating their impact on the power grid.
Dexter LindgrenSeptember 1, 20261 min read
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Voters to Decide on Future of Flock Safety Cameras in Local Referendum
A Texas city will let voters decide whether to continue using automated license plate cameras.
Dexter LindgrenAugust 12, 20261 min read
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Texas THC Products Face Criminal Penalties as Federal Judge Declines to Block Ban
A federal judge's ruling maintains Texas' ban on most hemp-derived THC products.
Gwen LindgrenAugust 11, 20261 min read
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Texas Incentives Support SpaceX's $16.8 Billion Chip Manufacturing Facility
The state has approved significant incentives for SpaceX's new semiconductor plant.
Yara IversonAugust 10, 20261 min read
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Texas Senate Candidates Present Competing Affordability Plans Ahead of Election
Ken Paxton and James Talarico have unveiled their affordability proposals for voters.
Dexter LindgrenAugust 9, 20261 min read
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