Davie Defense Inc. has secured $21.8 million in state funding to support the construction of Arctic icebreaker ships in Galveston and Port Arthur, officials announced Wednesday.
Miles described the decision as difficult in a video message posted on the district’s YouTube page, adding that underutilized buildings requiring major repairs limit the resources and opportunities available to students.
Ken Paxton announced Thursday that he has intervened in a lawsuit involving a Texas Medical Board-disciplined Mary Talley Bowden, a Houston doctor reprimanded for attempting to treat a COVID-19 patient with ivermectin at a hospital where she did not have privileges.
The proposed rules would establish a registry of “high-risk rental buildings” based on repeated health and safety violations. Properties on the registry would face ongoing inspections and fines for persistent violations.
The survey, conducted by the UH Hobby School of Public Affairs, collected responses from residents of Houston and Chicago to compare economic perceptions in two of the nation’s largest cities. In Houston, 78% of respondents listed wages lagging behind expenses among their top three concerns, with 33% naming it their greatest economic challenge.
The Texas Department of State Health Services’ Spay and Neuter Pilot Program, which took effect on Sept. 1, 2025, allocated $13 million over the next two fiscal years.
The Texas Department of Licensing and Registration has received over $10 trillion in data center project applications in two months, while the state permitted the 7.65 gigawatt GW Ranch facility in West Texas. The private power campus is designed to support hyperscale data centers without straining the ERCOT grid, but environmental groups warn the gas-powered facility could emit up to 33 million tons of greenhouse gases annually.
House Bill 229, approved by Texas lawmakers last summer, defines men and women based on reproductive organs at birth and applies those definitions to state records.
Texas is considering higher Medicaid reimbursement rates for ambulance services, with state officials reviewing a proposal that providers say could improve access to emergency medical care, particularly in rural areas.
Houston is projected to exceed overtime budgets by more than $54 million across three city departments as officials grapple with a $127 million budget deficit, according to the office of City Controller Chris Hollins.