Texas Lawmakers Fight Against Federal Interference in State AI Regulations December 22, 2025 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune An executive order by President Donald Trump may bring Texas into conflict with the federal government over a new state...
Texas Hemp Regulation Proceeds Despite Federal Restriction November 20, 2025 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune The Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission moved forward on Tuesday with its efforts to regulate the sale of consumable hemp products...
Texas Stock Exchange Receives Federal Approval October 7, 2025 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune The Texas Stock Exchange last week crossed its latest hurdle toward becoming a direct competitor to the dominance of the...
Texas Hemp Industry Breathes Sigh of Relief as Legislators Avoid Ban September 8, 2025 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune and Alex Nguyen When news broke last Wednesday afternoon of a last-minute push to pass new, stricter regulations for consumable hemp products, the...
Texas Economy Slowing Amid Trade Policies and Immigration Crackdown August 15, 2025 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune All signs point to a slowdown of the Texas economy as job growth slows, construction declines and inflation ticks up,...
Along Texas’ Guadalupe River, Several Summer Camps Are in Flood Zones August 13, 2025 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune and Edison Wu, The Texas Tribune The all-girls Christian summer camp where 27 people, most of them children, were swept away and killed by the July...
Mexico Tariffs Could Create Strain on Texas Economy July 25, 2025 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune Importers and exporters based in Texas have so far avoided the harshest effects of the trade war sparked by President...
Long-Standing Problems Led Up to Deadly Texas Floods, Lawmakers Told July 24, 2025 By Emily Foxhall, The Texas Tribune, Hayden Betts, The Texas Tribune and Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune No minimum qualifications for local emergency management coordinators. No easy way to know if local officials are getting weather warnings....
Texas Counties Have Little Power to Stop Building in Flood-Prone Areas July 9, 2025 By Joshua Fetcher, The Texas Tribune and Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune Camp Mystic, the private summer camp that now symbolizes the deadly Central Texas floods, sat on a tract of land...
Texas Braces for Budget Constraints as Federal Funding Dries Up July 2, 2025 By Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune The era of massive state budget surpluses in Texas could be coming to an end. As the last of the...