Texas’ backlogs for Medicaid and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program applications have surged since January, with more than 210,000 Medicaid applications and 150,000 SNAP applications awaiting processing in August, according to data from the Texas Health and Human Services Commission.
The Texas State Board of Education is expected to give final approval this week to revised high school social studies standards that would change how public school students learn about U.S. and world history, government and geography.
Several Texas laws taking effect Sept. 1 will give consumers new rights to repair certain electronic devices, require registration for residential solar salespeople and recognize qualifying privately produced gold and silver as legal tender.
Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered Texas state agencies to stop funding Flock surveillance cameras as officials face growing scrutiny over the use and potential misuse of the AI-powered license plate readers.
The city of Houston will resume water service shutoffs Sept. 8 for about 15,000 customers who owe more than $500 and have unpaid balances for at least 90 days, Mayor John Whitmire announced Thursday.
Immigration officials detained Liam Tadeo and his father, Victor Martinez Nieto, on Aug. 16 while they traveled to a soccer game in Austin. Authorities later took them to the Dilley immigration detention facility south of San Antonio before deporting them together to Mexico on Tuesday.
An Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent accused of shooting a Venezuelan immigrant in northern Minneapolis was released from a South Texas jail Thursday after a judge rejected Minnesota officials’ efforts to extend his detention and compel Gov. Greg Abbott to approve his extradition.
A Harris County Sheriff’s Office deputy has been temporarily reassigned after allegedly detaining a 23-year-old woman for more than an hour during a traffic stop while waiting for federal immigration officers to arrive, officials said Wednesday.
A federal judge on Tuesday again declared Texas’ restrictions on certain public performances involving drag and nudity unconstitutional, preventing the state from enforcing the 2023 law on First Amendment grounds.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized more than 1,000 pounds of methamphetamine concealed in a tractor-trailer carrying laundry detergent at the Roma International Bridge on Aug. 11, federal authorities said Friday.