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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A formal legal opinion issued by the Texas Attorney General clarifies that school district police must refer suspected abuse cases to outside law enforcement.
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.
Texas has paused new data center approvals as state agencies assess their impact on the power grid.
A Texas city will ask voters whether to continue using Flock's automated license plate readers.
A federal judge has upheld Texas' ban on most hemp-derived THC products amid ongoing litigation.
SpaceX is set to construct a semiconductor plant in Grimes County, creating 3,000 jobs.
Ken Paxton and James Talarico have unveiled their affordability plans for Texas voters.
President Trump argues that Texas's pause on data center approvals is misguided.
Governor Abbott has ordered a pause on new data center projects connecting to the ERCOT grid.
Kay Granger, a pioneering political figure in Fort Worth, died at the age of 83.
A new study ranks Plano as the second safest large city in the U.S., with Laredo also in the top 10.
