The Texas Health and Human Services Commission asked state lawmakers for funding to transition more than 600 temporary eligibility positions into permanent roles. The agency's request is aimed at processing a swelling backlog of pending applications for Medicaid and the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
A report from the Legislative Budget Board found that the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services lacks transparency in monitoring funds routed through private providers. DFPS has shifted broader operations to contracted third parties, but the watchdog agency warned that these vendors fail to supply sufficient spending detail to ensure accountability.
A Texas House committee announced a September 30 hearing to evaluate the constitutional, economic, and legal frameworks required to annex counties from neighboring New Mexico. The committee will examine land jurisdictional mechanisms, regional economic effects, and statutory hurdles tied to any boundary revisions.
The Texas Department of Criminal Justice requested $298 million in legislative appropriations to install air conditioning across its correctional facilities. Prison reform advocates challenged the figure as insufficient, citing heat-related deaths and estimating that comprehensive mitigation across all uncooled state units requires $1.5 billion.
Following its approval of two major power line initiatives last month, the Public Utility Commission of Texas is scheduled to consider three additional high-voltage transmission projects in West Texas. The infrastructure push comes as grid operators seek to support surging industrial, oilfield, and commercial power loads across the region.
The newly established Texas Stock Exchange secured its first corporate dual listings, drawing Energy Transfer, Sunoco, and associated entities. The moves transition approximately $100 billion in market value to the Dallas-based venture, which is positioning itself as a business-friendly competitor to the New York exchanges.
The Texas Department of Transportation unveiled an updated 10-year statewide blueprint providing $138 billion in infrastructure spending. Critical projects funded under the measure include systemic expansions along Interstate 10 and continuation of work on the multi-phase North Houston Highway Improvement Project.
Law enforcement relationships with Flock Safety's automated license plate reading systems are drawing renewed pushback across Central and North Texas. The Dallas Police Department enacted new data-sharing restrictions, reducing the number of external agencies authorized to query its Flock database. Concurrently, the Kyle City Council advanced a non-binding ballot proposition for May 2027 to let voters weigh in on the system, while multiple neighboring Central Texas municipalities moved to end contracts or take readers offline.
SpaceX filed a lawsuit against Grimes County and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to block the public release of internal company information. The litigation follows the recent announcement of SpaceX's Texas Terafab facility, with the company seeking to protect proprietary operations records from disclosure requests made under state public records laws.
Aviation developer Archer commenced flight testing for its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in Fort Worth. The initiative marks the beginning of a multi-year Texas pilot program aimed at developing urban air mobility pathways ahead of commercial passenger deployments planned for 2028.
The San Antonio City Council unanimously confirmed Jesse Salame as the city's next chief of police. Following the appointment, the council approved a $102.3 million collective bargaining agreement with the San Antonio Police Officers Association, adjusting patrol shifts, health coverage provisions, and officer pay scales.
The Fort Bend County Commissioners Court approved a reduction in the county property tax rate despite open procedural division. The vote triggered formal objections regarding whether Daniel Wong, who serves as the county's appointed judge, possessed the statutory voting authority required to cast a ballot on county tax levying.
The Austin City Council adopted two resolutions modifying municipal density bonus protocols. The policies alter the conditions under which residential real estate developers can pay in-lieu municipal fees rather than construct affordable units on-site, alongside enacting stricter oversight on how collected revenues are allocated for community housing funds.