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Making Headlines in Texas This Week
Lone Star: Gerard Hudspeth Denton’s Mayor
Saluting Texas Lone Stars: The Lone Star section spotlights and recognizes powerful figures across Texas’ public sector landscape. This week’s Lone Star profile is Gerard Hudspeth, the mayor of the city of Denton. My public career highlights and education: I...
El Paso allocates $110M for new police headquarters, command facilities
The city of El Paso will spend $110.1 million to build a new police headquarters and a Central Regional Command facility. Both projects are in the design phase with construction anticipated to begin in 2026. The projects were originally approved as part of a public...
Texas A&M University System to launch modular nuclear collaboration at Texas A&M-RELLIS
A new collaboration with The Texas A&M University System will bring a nuclear energy project to its applied research and testing campus. Answering a national call for pilot projects, the university system announced plans for the microreactor at Texas...
Texas launches clean bus program to cut diesel emissions statewide
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) announced a funding plan for more environmentally friendly school transportation for students around the state. The Texas Clean School Bus Program, a part of the Texas Emissions Reduction Plan, is offering $16.3...
GLO targets state history, cartography at upcoming Save Texas History Symposium
On Nov. 7-8, the Texas General Land Office (GLO) will host the Save Texas History Symposium at the Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin. The GLO is encouraging residents and other stakeholders to attend to learn more about historic preservation, cartography...
Travis County funds study for Austin-San Antonio passenger rail line
Travis County has approved a rail study to determine the feasibility of developing a commuter rail line between Austin and San Antonio. Over the next six months, the engineering firm selected for the study will examine car-alternative passenger rail options between...
Federal judge strikes down Texas book rating law as unconstitutional
Following a two-year-long legal battle, a federal judge has shot down a Texas law that would have banned books with mature themes from schools after declaring that it would violate the U.S. Constitution. House Bill 900 – known as the READER Act – was passed in 2023...
Waco kick starts $1.4B downtown redevelopment
The city of Waco’s vision for its ambitious $1.4 billion Downtown Redevelopment Plan is taking shape as the first portion of the four-phase initiative has advanced. Over the next decade, Waco will continually invest in developing more than 100 acres of the city’s...
Four statewide ballot issues to understand before Nov. 4
On Nov. 4, Texas residents will have the final say on 17 proposed amendments in the constitutional amendment elections. Should these amendments receive voter approval, they would enact major changes to taxes and funding for colleges, water infrastructure, research and...