Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows directed a select committee to study whether Texas could add adjacent New Mexico counties, triggering pushback from Santa Fe.

A Workday payroll glitch left 675 Austin city employees with about $1.4 million in excess pay. Human Resources says the issue has been fixed and repayment plans are being developed.

Abbott rolled out state grants for military communities while Gina Hinojosa warned Corpus Christi residents about water reliability, putting infrastructure center stage in the governor’s race.

Round Rock ISD trimmed its 2026–27 enrollment forecast to 45,000 students, reducing state revenue by about $9.3 million and prompting cuts to positions and programs.

Hays CISD will cut roughly 125 positions and shrink programs after voters rejected a tax-rate increase, the district says, with athletics and a high-school timeline hit.

Austin will join the nationwide No Kings mobilization Saturday with a rally at Auditorium Shores from 1–4pm. Organizers say thousands of actions are planned across the country.

Cypress Christian School says it won’t join Texas’ new voucher program, telling families that accepting state money could threaten its ability to enforce what it calls "biblical rule." The move highlights tension over oversight in the TEFA rollout.

A Texas State philosophy professor sued the university in federal court, saying his contract nonrenewal was retaliation for an off‑campus Palestine talk. The filing asks a judge to block his May 31, 2026 termination.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced a new Senate Select Committee on Religious Liberty, naming Phil King chair and Angela Paxton vice-chair as he continues to chair Trump's federal panel. Critics point to the panel's partisan mix and pending lawsuits.

Old speeches and social posts are back in play as Republicans mine James Talarico’s record on prisons and crime ahead of a tight Texas Senate race.

The Supreme Court declined to take up the case of Laredo citizen‑journalist Priscilla Villarreal, leaving a divided Fifth Circuit ruling that shields the officials who arrested her.

Gov. Abbott launched a Texas Jobs Council to shore up shortages in electricians, welders and other trades; the panel will hand in recommendations by November 2026.

A Houston ICE check‑in ended with the detention of Stephanie Kenny‑Velasquez, the wife of a Black Hawk pilot; her removal hearing is set for April 1. The family is racing to secure military parole in place.