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Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson said Monday that the city is prepared to attract Wall Street firms leaving New York under the policies of newly sworn-in Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and suggested Texas could overtake New York as the nation’s top financial hub.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed state agencies Monday to implement stronger anti-fraud measures for the state’s Child Care Services program, which provides financial assistance for child care to eligible low-income families.
Statewide sales tax collections from other economic sectors in November 2025, compared with November 2024, showed mixed results. Motor vehicle sales and rental taxes totaled $614 million, up 5 percent. Motor fuel taxes reached $324 million, up 4 percent. Oil production tax collections fell 9 percent to $394 million, while natural gas production taxes declined 21 percent to $169 million. Hotel occupancy tax collections totaled $61 million, up less than 1 percent, and alcoholic beverage taxes decreased 2 percent to $148 million.
he Office of the President (OP) will receive about P4.5 billion in confidential and intelligence funds (CIF) in 2026 under the General Appropriations Act signed by President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. on Monday, marking the fourth consecutive year the office has received the allocation during his administration.
Jury selection began Monday in the trial of former Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District police officer Adrian Gonzales, who faces 29 felony counts of abandoning or endangering a child for his alleged actions during the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting.
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman said he is uncertain whether the Space Shuttle Discovery can be moved from Washington, D.C., to Houston, citing budget and safety concerns days after taking office.
A Texas City funeral director helped coordinate the return of victims who died in a medical support plane crash in Galveston Bay, leading a procession on Jan. 2 to honor five of the six passengers killed in the incident.
Actor-comedian Vice Ganda addressed a viral video on social media showing a netizen chasing him at an airport, claiming she did not know his identity, during the January 5 episode of “It’s Showtime.”
Fort Bend Independent School District officials are considering closing up to seven elementary schools as the district faces declining enrollment, district leaders said Monday.
PopStroke, the mini-golf chain partially owned by Tiger Woods, plans to open a second Austin-area location in Cedar Park in April 2026, according to filings with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.