The federal government is penalizing states for having a high error rate in their payments to food stamp recipients.
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State Government
Texas is cutting undocumented immigrants off from school, work and driving
The sweeping rule changes, all enacted outside the typical legislative process, have upended life for noncitizens, including those who are here legally.
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State Government
After Minnesota scandal, Texas reviewed its child care spending. It found little fraud.
An investigation ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott found that less than half a percent of federal money spent on child care scholarships in Texas was considered “improper.”
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State Government
Texas cities, state government cancel Cesar Chavez Day in wake of report on activist
The New York Times on March 18 published allegations that the labor rights leader had sexually abused women and girls.
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Immigration
Texas quietly shuttered Operation Lone Star booking facility in Del Rio
Gov. Greg Abbott had opened two such sites as he surged thousands of DPS troopers and Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border.
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Courts
Abbott legal brief criticizes Paxton’s rushed lawsuit against Harris County’s immigrant legal fund
“Perhaps the Attorney General only recently learned of this program; perhaps the office’s attention was focused elsewhere,” lawyers for Abbott wrote, noting the fund has existed for five years.
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Energy
A plan to get more electricity to West Texas may come undone
Oil and gas companies have said the region needs more power. Environmentalists and a conservative think tank worry the state is moving too fast — and ratepayers will see the costs in their bills.
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State Government
Governor blasts Corpus Christi leaders over looming water shortage, threatens a state takeover
Residents and businesses’ demand for water could soon exceed supply. Gov. Greg Abbott said the state could step in if solutions aren’t found.
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Texas’ housing crisis
Politicians want to stop companies from buying homes. A ban wouldn’t bring down costs.
President Trump, who wants to stop profit-driven companies from buying residences in bulk, spotlighted the struggles of a Houston woman who was regularly outbid by firms on homes in the pandemic.
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2026 Texas Elections
Nate Sheets promises to fire everyone linked to Sid Miller at Texas agriculture department after primary win
Sheets, in an interview with The Texas Tribune, also promised to lower costs for farmers and work with federal officials to beat a parasitic fly heading toward Texas.