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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 all new data center approvals as state agencies evaluate their impact on the power grid.
A Texas city will let voters decide on the future of automated license plate readers.
A federal judge's ruling keeps Texas' THC product ban in place amid ongoing litigation.
The new plant aims to create 3,000 jobs and produce chips for Tesla and SpaceX.
Ken Paxton and James Talarico have released their affordability proposals for voters.
Governor Greg Abbott's pause on data center approvals is due to insufficient industry data.
Texas has paused new data center connections to its electric grid pending audits.
Kay Granger, the first female mayor of Fort Worth and a long-serving Congresswoman, has died.
A recent study ranks Plano as the second safest large city in the U.S., with Laredo in sixth.
A study from Southern Methodist University suggests autonomous vehicles could significantly lessen traffic congestion in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
