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Statewide news from across the state.
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.
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.
Texas House Bill 2844 replaces local food truck permits with a single statewide license, taking effect July 1, 2026.
In a reversal from his earlier pro-AI stance, Governor Greg Abbott called for blocking new data centers from being built in rural Texas residential areas, responding to mounting community opposition.
**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
Secretary of State Jane Nelson’s departure puts Texas election administration in transition at a critical moment for November preparations.
Paxton holds narrow 43-42% lead over Talarico in Texas Senate poll; data center opposition surges to 56% among Texas voters.
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.
Texas utility regulators approved a new batch approach to large-load interconnection, addressing a 438 GW queue driven nearly 90% by data center requests.
Texas Democrats left Corpus Christi energized after a convention that drew thousands of activists focused on the November midterm elections.
A 9–4 party-line vote by the State Board of Education will bring Bible stories into public school classrooms and reshape how Texas history is taught.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas approved ERCOT's Batch Zero process on June 18, creating a new framework for managing the flood of data center and large industrial requests seeking to connect to the state power grid.
