Starbase, Texas’ newest city, has liftoff; seeks $1.5 million loan from Elon Musk’s SpaceX
City leaders held their first public meetings this week since voters approved the South Texas city’s incorporation.
Join us June 13 in Arlington to hear from North Texas lawmakers on legislative session’s impact

We’ll discuss bills that the Legislature passed, how North Texans will be affected and what they should know going forward.
Trump administration knew most Venezuelans deported from Texas to a Salvadoran prison had no U.S. convictions

Homeland Security records reveal that officials knew that more than half of the 238 deportees to El Salvador were labeled as having no criminal record in the U.S. and had only violated immigration laws.
Texas moves close to ban on some land sales to foreigners

The House has approved a conference committee report that lists sales to certain people from China, North Korea, Russia and Iran as threats to national security.
Texas Legislature approves $8.5 billion boost for public schools after years of stagnant funding

Gov. Greg Abbott has already said he intends to sign the bill, which will give schools funding for salary increases, special education, teacher preparation and operational costs.
The one thing Texas won’t do to save its water supply

Texas property owners can use nearly as much water under their land as they want. That’s unlikely to change even as the state approaches a crisis.
Texas poised to add $100 million to child care scholarship program

Reallocated funding for the program that will go to providers will benefit nearly 95,000 children on a waitlist for scholarships.
A bill to air-condition all Texas prisons likely to fail again in the Senate

House Bill 3006 would have required the installation of climate control in state prison by 2032.
Texas just defined man and woman. Here’s why that matters.

Critics say House Bill 229, which has gone to the governor, discriminates against trans people, but the full effect remains to be seen.
Bill that would have banned Texas minors from social media misses key deadline

House Bill 186, approved by the lower chamber in May, never received a vote in the Senate.