Latest Texas Headlines
All the headlines from our Texas Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas Lawmakers Fight Against Federal Interference in State AI Regulations
Dec 22 2025 // An executive order by President Donald Trump may bring Texas into conflict with the federal government over a new state law regulating the use of artificial intelligence. Trump signed an executive order last week that...
County Officials in Texas Race to Build $5M Warning System Before Next Flood Season
Dec 19 2025 // With the next Texas flood season just months away, Kerr County officials say they’re in a race to build a long-planned flood warning system estimated to cost up to $5 million — and they’re depending on the...
Water Shortages in South Texas Drive Downgrade of Corpus Christi
Dec 17 2025 // A drought in South Texas caused Moody’s Ratings to downgrade the city of Corpus Christi, which projects demand for water will outpace supply by the spring of 2027. The ratings company lowered the city of roughly...
Texas Sues Utility Company Xcel Over ‘Blatant Negligence’ in Fatal Wildfire
Dec 17 2025 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Xcel Energy Inc., accusing the utility company of “blatant negligence” over its role in the Smokehouse Creek wildfire that killed three people and caused more than $1...
Confie Acquires Texas’ TGS Insurance Agency
Dec 16 2025 // Confie announced the acquisition of TGS Insurance Agency, Inc., a Houston, Texas-based standard personal lines insurance agency. The acquisition advances Confie’s strategy to scale InsureOne into a leading national...
YA Group Acquires Texas’ J.M. Reagan Consulting
Dec 16 2025 // YA Group announced the acquisition of the business of J.M. Reagan Consulting (JMR), a multidisciplinary consulting business specializing in property damage consulting and construction claims. The strategic acquisition...
Toxic Water From Texas Oil Production Is Set to Be Treated and Pumped Into Rivers
Dec 12 2025 // Texas is about to deploy a potential solution to the oil industry’s toxic wastewater problem — but it’s a move that carries environmental risks of its own. State regulators are working to issue permits that...
Tricolor Trustee Files Suit in Texas for Auto Dealer’s Collapse
Dec 11 2025 // Bankrupt subprime auto dealer Tricolor Holdings is preparing to sue the company’s founder for allegedly masterminding a massive fraud that led to the company’s collapse into bankruptcy, according to a court...
Texas Plan to Stop Parasitic Fly From Destroying Cattle Population Is Not Complete
Dec 10 2025 // As Mexican officials battle the spread of New World Screwworm, Texas officials are still working to finalize a response plan that would be enacted should the parasitic fly spread into the state. Texas lawmakers questioned...
Federal Funding Shortage Delays Progress on ‘Ike Dike’ Project in Texas Gulf Coast
Dec 8 2025 // The district charged with overseeing the construction of a massive set of gates across the mouth of Galveston Bay — known as the “Ike Dike” — announced last week that it has approved contracts with two...
Agency Probes Reports Waymo Self-Driving Cars Illegally Passed School Buses in Texas
Dec 5 2025 // A U.S. agency said on Thursday it has asked Waymo to answer more questions after Texas officials said the Alphabet GOOGL.O unit’s self-driving vehicles had illegally passed school buses 19 times in recorded incidents...
Texas’ Camp Mystic Announces New Safety Upgrades Following Tragic Flood
Dec 4 2025 // The owners of an all-girls summer camp in the Texas Hill Country, where 25 campers and two teenage counselors died in catastrophic July 4 flooding, announced plans on Tuesday for new safety upgrades that will be in place...
People Moves: Flagg Reappointed to Texas Mutual Insurance Company Board
Dec 4 2025 // Brett Flagg Brett Flagg, of Frisco, Texas, has been reappointed to the Texas Mutual Insurance Company board of directors by Gov. Greg Abbott. His board term for Texas Mutual—a policyholder-owned company and the...
Texas Lawmakers Criticize Local Leaders for Rejecting Flood Warning System Funding
Dec 3 2025 // Three weeks after flash floods in Texas’ Hill Country killed more than 100 people, state lawmakers chastised Kerr County leaders for rejecting money a year earlier to create a warning system that could have alerted...
Shein Faces Texas Probe Over Alleged Violations of Labor Laws and Product Safety
Dec 1 2025 // Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said the state is investigating global fast-fashion retailer Shein US Services LLC Corporation and its affiliates for potential violations of Texas law related to unethical labor practices...
Texas Adds ID Restrictions on Vehicle Registrations, Renewals
Dec 1 2025 // The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles is implementing more stringent photo identification requirements for all vehicle registrations and renewals in an abrupt shift that could shut out undocumented residents from legally...
West Texas County Struggles to Secure Funding for Flood Prevention
Nov 26 2025 // When it rains here, West Texans brace for the worst. With nowhere to go, water collects across sidewalks, roads and highways — the flat, desert landscape becomes a wetland in the blink of an eye. Local officials in Ector...
ICT and State Farm Launch Campaign to Combat Rising Vehicle Theft in Texas
Nov 25 2025 // The Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) and State Farm are partnering for the 2025 Lock It Down! campaign—an ongoing statewide effort to reduce motor vehicle theft, burglary, and fraud-related crime. This year’s...
Texas Youth Camps Urged to Address Mental Health as Part of State Safety Mandates
Nov 25 2025 // Texas officials are requiring youth camps to have weather alert systems, mandated emergency preparedness plans, and various communication methods to help children and their families feel safe when they return this summer....
Texas Hemp Regulation Proceeds Despite Federal Restriction
Nov 20 2025 // The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission moved forward on Tuesday with its efforts to regulate the sale of consumable hemp products as questions swirled around the future of the industry due to federal restrictions on the...
