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Texas App Store Age-Verification Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court allows Texas to enforce a law requiring age verification for app downloads.
Xenia YoderJuly 7, 20261 min read
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Texas Attorney General Secures $13 Million Settlement From Walmart Over Delivery Driver Pay
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement exceeding $13 million with Walmart over compensation practices affecting drivers in the company's Spark delivery program.
Xenia YoderJuly 7, 20262 min read
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Texas Stock Exchange Plans July 10 Live Trading Launch From Dallas
TXSE is scheduled to move from test validation to live trading July 10, a Dallas-based capital-markets milestone with regional significance for Prosper.
Xenia YoderJuly 6, 20262 min read
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Texas Hill Country Flood Relief Fund Reaches $82 Million One Year After Disaster
A nonprofit foundation has distributed about $82 million of the $150 million it raised to help families rebuild after the July 4, 2025, Hill Country floods that killed more than 130 people, marking one of the deadliest natural disasters in Texas history.
Opal FieldsJuly 6, 20262 min read
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Caterpillar Commits $5 Million to Texas Manufacturing Workforce Initiative
Caterpillar Inc. will invest up to $5 million in Texas through a five-year workforce initiative aimed at advanced manufacturing training, Governor Greg Abbott announced at the company's Seguin facility.
Zane WhitlockJuly 5, 20261 min read
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Texas Attorney General Investigates StubHub Over Undelivered FIFA World Cup Tickets
Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation into StubHub after Texas fans reported paying for World Cup tickets they never received, a pattern critics call 'ghost ticketing.'
Zane WhitlockJuly 5, 20261 min read
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Texas Awards $24.2 Million Semiconductor Grant to FormFactor for Farmers Branch Facility
Prosper, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott announced a $24.2 million Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant to FormFactor Inc. on July 2 for a new probe card manufacturing facility in Farmers Branch expected to create more than 600 jobs.
Xenia YoderJuly 5, 20261 min read
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Governor Abbott Appoints Don Huffines as Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Prosper, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott appointed Don Huffines as Comptroller of Public Accounts on July 2, tapping the former state senator and Dallas-area businessman to oversee the state's finances and tax collections.
Xenia YoderJuly 5, 20261 min read
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Texas Stock Exchange Opens Trading Monday in First Real Test of Challenge to Wall Street
The Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange begins a phased trading rollout on July 6, marking the most well-funded challenge to the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ duopoly in decades, backed by $275 million from firms including BlackRock and Citadel Securities.
Zane WhitlockJuly 4, 20262 min read
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Governor Appoints New Comptroller to Lead Texas State Finances
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed former state Sen. Don Huffines as Texas comptroller, tapping the Dallas-area businessman and one-time political rival to oversee state revenue collection, tax disbursements and the Economic Stabilization Fund.
Xenia YoderJuly 4, 20262 min read
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Texas Military Installations Contribute Nearly $149 Billion to State Economy, Comptroller Report Finds
A Texas Comptroller analysis estimates that 14 military installations contribute $148.8 billion annually and support more than 628,000 jobs across the state.
Xenia YoderJuly 4, 20261 min read
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Texas Broadband Grant Rules Draw Senate Scrutiny
A Texas Senate committee hearing put new scrutiny on broadband grant rules after lawmakers questioned whether recent changes give satellite internet providers different treatment from traditional rural broadband companies.
Opal FieldsJuly 3, 20261 min read
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Texas Comptroller Change Puts State Finance Office in Transition
Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock plans to leave office at the end of July, putting the state’s chief financial office in transition after the launch of the $1 billion school voucher program.
Opal FieldsJuly 2, 20261 min read
Food Truck Operators in Texas to Benefit From New State Permit
Texas House Bill 2844 replaces local food truck permits with a single statewide license, taking effect July 1, 2026.
Opal FieldsJuly 2, 20261 min read
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Texas Gov. Abbott Calls for Blocking Data Centers from Rural Communities
Texas Governor Greg Abbott called for blocking new data centers in rural neighborhoods, responding to mounting grassroots opposition and a poll showing two-thirds of rural Texans oppose the facilities.
Opal FieldsJuly 1, 20262 min read
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Federal Ruling on Temporary Protected Status Puts Texas Communities on Edge
**WASHINGTON** — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration may revoke Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti and Syria, a 6-to-3 decision that places more than 1.3 million TPS holders nationwide at imminent risk of arrest and deportation. A
Opal FieldsJuly 1, 20262 min read
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Texas Midterm Election Logistics in Question After Secretary of State Departure
Local Texas election administrators push forward with midterm planning despite uncertainty at the secretary of state level.
Opal FieldsJuly 1, 20262 min read
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Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders Headline Texas Democrats’ 2026 Convention
Texas Democrats concluded their 2026 state convention in Corpus Christi, rallying behind gubernatorial nominee Gina Hinojosa and Senate nominee James Talarico with a unified push to end 30 years of GOP control in November.
Opal FieldsJune 30, 20262 min read
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Texas Regulators Adopt Batch Zero Plan to Handle Data Center Grid Queue
ERCOT won approval for its new batched-study interconnection process, tackling a 438 GW queue of large-load projects, nearly all from data centers across the state.
Opal FieldsJune 30, 20262 min read
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Texas Democrats Rally Around Midterm Message at Corpus Christi Gathering
Texas Democrats rallied around their midterm message at a convention in Corpus Christi that featured national and state party figures.
Opal FieldsJune 30, 20262 min read
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Bible Stories Coming to Texas Classrooms as Education Board Approves New Standards
A mandatory Bible reading list and redesigned social studies curriculum will take effect in Texas public schools after a State Board of Education vote.
Opal FieldsJune 30, 20262 min read