Most of the state’s measles cases reported so far this year are inside the West Texas Detention Facility in Hudspeth County, where four infected El Paso residents worked.
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Texas Legislature 2027
Speaker Dustin Burrows lists data centers, property taxes and annexing slice of New Mexico among 2027 priorities
The Republican speaker’s interim charges also covered water resources, foreign threats and government accountability.
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Economy
Legislators, business leaders highlight Texas policies driving competition with Wall Street
The panelists at the Dallas event hosted by The Texas Tribune said “Y’all Street” is poised to become the nation’s financial capital.
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Health care
Forced to sell medications at a loss, rural Texas pharmacies seek new survival tactics
Independent rural pharmacists are starting other businesses or selling baby shower gifts to keep their stores operating. Pharmacy deserts affect 4 million Texans.
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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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Higher Education
University of North Texas to cut more than 70 programs and minors to trim $45 million deficit
Offering new details, President Harrison Keller said no state official pushed for the changes, which include phasing out degrees in linguistics and Latin American and women’s and gender studies.
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Higher Education
Texas State University professor sues to block firing after Israeli-Palestinian comments
Philosophy professor Idris Robinson argued that his comments, made in an off-campus setting, were protected speech.
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2026 Texas Elections
Mayes Middleton nabs former opponent Aaron Reitz’s endorsement in GOP attorney general runoff
Reitz, a former aide to Texas AG Ken Paxton, had sharply criticized both Middleton and Chip Roy on the campaign trail.
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Environment
Corpus Christi is scrambling to ward off a water crisis. Here’s a guide to its water projects.
From drilling groundwater wells to recycling wastewater, Corpus Christi has launched a host of projects as it races against the clock to find more water.
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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.