The Texas State Board of Education on Friday approved new curriculum standards that require public schools to include Christian Bible stories in classroom reading materials and adopted changes to the kindergarten through eighth-grade social studies curriculum, with implementation set for the 2030-31 school year.
Camp Mystic and four related business entities filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy early Wednesday, automatically pausing five lawsuits stemming from the deaths of 27 people during last year’s Independence Day flooding at the Texas summer camp.
Texas lawmakers on Tuesday questioned whether the state has enough information about data centers’ water consumption as they consider possible regulations and infrastructure policies tied to the growing industry.
The Williamson County and Cities Health District (WCCHD) has detected West Nile virus in mosquitoes collected through routine surveillance, prompting health officials to urge residents to take precautions against mosquito bites.
The Texas Education Agency will spend more than $8 million to correct thousands of errors in the state’s Bluebonnet curriculum, according to a contract provided to the State Board of Education, an official said.
Texas added 17,800 jobs in May, bringing total nonfarm employment to a record 14.4 million as the state continued to outpace the national annual job growth rate, state officials said Friday.
The Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) has opened a public comment period on proposed rules that would allow treated oil and gas wastewater to be applied to land in Texas, with comments due through June 16, under a proposal tied to Senate Bill 1145 on Wednesday.
Austin Independent School District students scored above state averages in most reading, math and social studies assessments in the 2026 State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR), according to preliminary results released Tuesday by the Texas Education Agency.
The Texas Animal Health Commission has imposed a quarantine on warm-blooded animals in parts of 10 Texas counties following an increase in New World screwworm cases, according to state officials.
Former employees of the Texas Funeral Service Commission alleged that Gov. Greg Abbott’s top advisers used the agency to intensify an investigation into the East Plano Islamic Center (EPIC), raising concerns about political influence and religious bias in state regulatory actions.