Attorneys for hemp businesses say the raids have hurt their revenue and reputation, while police said they’re necessary to root out products with illegal levels of THC.
Economy
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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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Criminal Justice
Austin police confident in SXSW security plans after West 6th Street shooting
The festival draws hundreds of thousands of people to the city every year. Safety precautions were already designed to address the possibility of mass violence.
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Texas’ housing crisis
Dallas’ affordable housing supply is evaporating, report finds
High-cost housing in Texas’ third-largest city reflects challenges across the state, which has faced an affordability crisis amid extraordinary growth.
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Panhandle Wildfires
Xcel will replace high-risk power poles after attorney general sues over 2024 wildfires
A damaged Xcel pole owned sparked the Smokehouse Creek fire, the largest in state history.
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Courts
Texans shouldn’t expect Supreme Court ruling against tariffs to bring prices down soon, economists say
The order wiped out many of the Trump administration’s tariffs, but Trump promised Friday to find other ways to restore them.
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Energy
Texas refineries see opportunity in Venezuelan oil amid Mexico export declines
As President Donald Trump seeks to boost U.S. investment in Venezuela’s oil fields, Mexico is poised to export less heavy crude to Gulf refineries, creating an opening for Venezuelan oil.
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Demographics
Feds launch fair housing probe into North Texas development marketed to Muslims
HUD is investigating whether the project that had been called the East Plano Islamic Center City discriminated based on race or national origin.
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Economy
Texans are demanding their local governments push pause on data centers. Can they?
Texans from Waco to Harlingen are raising concerns over how much energy and water data centers are poised to use. Local officials, some enticed by a tax boon, say they have little power to stop the rush.
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2026 Texas Elections
In a contest to regulate Texas’s oil and gas industry, one Republican wants to talk DEI and China
Jim Wright, the GOP incumbent, and several other Republican candidates dismissed Bo French’s campaign rhetoric as distracting from the Railroad Commission’s mission.