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A statewide Texas ban on smokable hemp containing THCA has taken effect, and Sherman-area smoke shops are turning to products made with THCP.
Texas law now mandates age verification for app downloads, impacting minors.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement exceeding $13 million with Walmart over compensation practices affecting drivers in the company's Spark delivery program.
TXSE is scheduled to move from test validation to live trading July 10, a Dallas-based capital-markets milestone with regional significance for Sherman.
The Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country has distributed about $82 million in aid.
Caterpillar Inc. will invest up to $5 million in Texas through a five-year workforce initiative aimed at advanced manufacturing training, Governor Greg Abbott announced at the company's Seguin facility.
Attorney General Ken Paxton opened an investigation into StubHub after Texas fans reported paying for World Cup tickets they never received, a pattern critics call 'ghost ticketing.'
Sherman, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott announced a $24.2 million Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund grant to FormFactor Inc. on July 2 for a new probe card manufacturing facility in Farmers Branch expected to create more than 600 jobs.
Sherman, Texas — Governor Greg Abbott appointed Don Huffines as Comptroller of Public Accounts on July 2, tapping the former state senator and Dallas-area businessman to oversee the state's finances and tax collections.
The Dallas-based Texas Stock Exchange begins a phased trading rollout on July 6, marking the most well-funded challenge to the New York Stock Exchange and NASDAQ duopoly in decades, backed by $275 million from firms including BlackRock and Citadel Securities.
Gov. Greg Abbott appointed former state Sen. Don Huffines as Texas comptroller, tapping the Dallas-area businessman and one-time political rival to oversee state revenue collection, tax disbursements and the Economic Stabilization Fund.
A Texas Comptroller analysis estimates that 14 military installations contribute $148.8 billion annually and support more than 628,000 jobs across the state.
A Texas Senate committee hearing put new scrutiny on broadband grant rules after lawmakers questioned whether recent changes give satellite internet providers different treatment from traditional rural broadband companies.
Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock plans to leave office at the end of July, putting the state’s chief financial office in transition after the launch of the $1 billion school voucher program.
Texas House Bill 2844 replaces local food truck permits with a single statewide license, taking effect July 1, 2026.
At a campaign stop in East Texas, Governor Greg Abbott urged banning AI data centers from rural neighborhoods, escalating his regulatory stance as the facilities spark backlash from communities across the state.
**WASHINGTON** — The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Thursday that the Trump administration may revoke Temporary Protected Status for immigrants from Haiti and Syria, a 6-to-3 decision that places more than 1.3 million TPS holders nationwide at imminent risk of arrest and deportation. A
Grayson County election officials say continuity in the secretary of state’s office matters as Texas counts down to November.
Texas Senate race a tossup in new UT poll; data center debate intensifies as 56% of voters oppose construction statewide.
Texas Democrats concluded their 2026 state convention in Corpus Christi, rallying behind gubernatorial nominee Gina Hinojosa and Senate nominee James Talarico with a unified push to end 30 years of GOP control in November.
The Public Utility Commission of Texas has approved a new batch-study framework for ERCOT to process the 438 GW of large-load interconnection requests, the vast majority from data centers.
