Posted 4:15 PM 4/20/2026 by Kayla Guo

Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows on Monday targeted Roblox for alleged child endangerment, after learning the platform offered a simulation of the 2022 Uvalde mass shooting.

Burrows instructed lawmakers to study ways to strengthen child safety and accountability for virtual gaming (More)

Posted 11:23 AM 4/18/2026 by Alex Nguyen, The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott’s office has threatened to cut state funding to three of Texas’ largest cities if they fail to change policies that the governor says limit police (More)

Posted 7:16 PM 4/17/2026 by Paul Cobler

Texas’ grid operator raised eyebrows this week when it reported that peak demand on the grid could more than quadruple by 2032.

The 2032 peak load forecast of 367,790 megawatts far exceeds the highest recorded peak demand for the Texas grid — 85,508 megawatts in August (More)

Posted 5:24 PM 4/16/2026 by Carlos Nogueras Ramos and Colleen DeGuzman

Texas communities will need to spend $174 billion in the next 50 years to avert a severe water crisis, a new state analysis revealed Thursday. That’s more than double the $80 billion projected four years ago, when the Texas Water Development Board last passed a state water plan.

The (More)

Posted 9:48 AM 4/15/2026 by Alejandro Serrano

As he campaigned for Houston mayor three years ago, John Whitmire repeatedly leaned on his Austin connections after serving five decades in the Capitol, first as a (More)

Posted 3:38 PM 4/14/2026 by Paul Cobler and Ayden Runnels

An Austin district judge on Monday ordered the state's Historically Underutilized Business Program rules be temporarily reinstated, meaning women- and minority-owned business owners can qualify for the state’s HUB program again for now.

Four business owners and a trade association (More)