Texas youth prisons were placed under lockdown procedures last week after a youth seriously assaulted a correctional officer at the Gainesville State Juvenile Correctional Facility and another assault occurred at a halfway house, Texas Juvenile Justice Department Executive Director Shandra Carter told agency board members Friday.
Gov. Greg Abbott has asked the U.S. Department of Justice to investigate Muslim washing stations at George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston and a similar facility that Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport recently decided not to install, arguing that the facilities amount to religious discrimination.
A data center developer seeking to expand its massive campus in northwest Harris County is asking Houston to remove about 5,200 feet of a planned public road that has been part of the city’s transportation plan for more than four decades.
A West Houston pilot program that places homeless people in hotels while connecting them with support services received an additional $180,000 in local funding as it entered its second year, officials said Thursday.
Two Texas-based oil companies have signed agreements with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company, PDVSA, marking an early step toward renewed U.S. energy investment in the country after the United States captured President Nicolás Maduro earlier this year.
Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday he will ask the Texas Legislature to prohibit public school districts from hiring workers through H-1B visas, a move he said would prevent foreign influence in the state’s K-12 education system.
The City of Houston has asked a federal court to reconsider its ruling that found part of the city’s Minority, Women and Small Business Enterprise Program unconstitutional, arguing that the judge misapplied legal precedent and that the program addresses documented disparities in city contracting.
Dallas Fort Worth International Airport canceled plans to install an ablution facility commonly used for Islamic prayer after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatened to review state and federal funding for airports in Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston.
H-E-B removed 54 products from its Texas stores after a supplier voluntarily recalled foods containing jalapeño peppers over potential salmonella contamination, the grocery chain said Friday.
Bexar County officials are considering changes to the county’s preventive health programs as federal pandemic relief funding expires at the end of 2026 and budget pressures grow.