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.
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The U.S. Department of Homeland Security approved $7.5 billion in federal funding to reimburse Texas for expenditures incurred under Operation Lone Star.
Federal regulators approved nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding for Texas hospitals, physicians, and rural clinics following extensive intergovernmental negotiations.
The Texas Department of Insurance outlined new regulatory mandates targeting escalating residential insurance rates, barring carriers from denying coverage solely based on roof age.
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.
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.
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.
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Governor Greg Abbott has halted new data center approvals statewide as agencies conduct an audit.
Parents of several faiths, represented by the ACLU, are asking the justices to strike down the classroom Ten Commandments requirement. The 5th Circuit let it stand.
League City will place a proposition on the ballot regarding Flock Safety's cameras.
A federal judge's ruling leaves Texas' ban on most hemp-derived THC products in place.
The new SpaceX semiconductor facility will create 3,000 jobs and cost over $16.8 billion.
Ken Paxton and James Talarico have unveiled their respective affordability proposals.
Texas has paused data center approvals pending audits, prompting mixed reactions.
Goldman Sachs is developing an $800,000 square foot campus in Dallas, set to open in 2028.
The state paused grid interconnection for new data centers pending audits. ERCOT's queue now holds 474 gigawatts of requests, more than five times the grid's record peak demand.
Kay Granger, a pioneering political figure in Texas, died at the age of 83.
The Dallas based exchange finished opening all National Market System symbols on Friday. For North Texas investors, nothing visible changes yet, and the phase that would put companies on a Texas exchange starts later this year.
A new study ranks Plano as the second safest large city in the U.S., with Laredo at sixth.
Research suggests that fully autonomous vehicles may significantly alleviate traffic congestion in the region.
Governor Greg Abbott attended the grand opening of Bob's House of Hope in Justin, described as the nation's first safe house exclusively for adult male survivors of human trafficking, and pointed to newly signed laws that stiffen penalties for traffickers.
Governor Greg Abbott reappointed all ten judges of the Texas Business Court to new two-year terms beginning September 1, keeping the specialized commercial court's full inaugural bench in place.