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A Texas Comptroller analysis estimates that 14 military installations contribute $148.8 billion annually and support more than 628,000 jobs 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.
Governor Greg Abbott called Tuesday for blocking new data center construction in rural Texas neighborhoods, marking a sharp turn from his earlier embrace of the AI industry and aligning with a growing grassroots backlash.
A 6-3 Supreme Court ruling allows the Trump administration to revoke Temporary Protected Status, putting roughly 147,000 immigrants in Texas at risk of arrest and deportation.
Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson’s July 17 resignation leaves local election officials seeking continuity ahead of the closely watched November midterm election.
UT/Texas Politics Project poll finds Paxton 43%, Talarico 42% in U.S. Senate race; 56% of Texas voters oppose data center construction as economic concerns persist.
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-study process for large-load interconnection requests, nearly 90% of which come from data centers, as the state confronts a 438-gigawatt queue.
Thousands of Texas Democrats gathered in Corpus Christi for a three-day convention aimed at ending the GOP’s 30-year lock on statewide offices.
The Texas State Board of Education voted 9–4 to mandate Bible readings in K–8 public schools and approved sweeping changes to social studies standards that minimize cultural diversity.
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.
Camp Mystic filed Chapter 11 bankruptcy on June 24, 2026, pausing 19 plus wrongful death lawsuits from the July 4, 2025 Guadalupe River flood that killed 28 at the camp.
Toyota Stadium is a 2026 FIFA World Cup base camp, AT&T Stadium hosts 9 matches in Arlington, and the City of Dallas projects $1.5 billion to $2.1 billion in regional economic impact. A Frisco look at how the numbers translate.
The United States opened the 2026 FIFA World Cup with a 4-1 win over Paraguay at SoFi Stadium on Friday. Folarin Balogun scored twice, Weston McKennie assisted on the opener and Gio Reyna added a stoppage time fourth.
Weston McKennie, Ricardo Pepi, Alejandro Zendejas and Chris Richards all came through the FC Dallas academy, and all four are on the U.S. roster for the 2026 World Cup. Their stories, their stats and the Texas pipeline that built them.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off this week with the United States opening Group D play June 12 vs Paraguay in Los Angeles, then Australia and Turkey. Coach Pochettino has named his 26 player squad led by captain Tim Ream and Tyler Adams.
A Collin County jury on Tuesday sentenced Karmelo Anthony, 19, to 35 years in prison for the murder of Frisco Memorial High School student Austin Metcalf, 17, fatally stabbed at a Frisco ISD track meet in April 2025.
A Collin County jury convicted Karmelo Anthony of murder in the fatal stabbing of 17-year-old Austin Metcalf at a 2025 Frisco ISD track meet.
USDA says a second New World screwworm detection was confirmed in a Zavala County calf as Texas directs more resources to containment.
