A leadership fight at the University of Austin has prompted resignations, disputed student discipline and questions about donor control as the new school grows. Here’s what happened and what to watch next.

An Austin firefighter says the city denied her workers' compensation after a stage-four uterine cancer diagnosis, prompting union and researcher pushback. The case heads to appeals.

Steve Pier will lead the Texas Workforce Commission starting Feb. 2, moving from the Department of Information Resources. His hire comes amid a broader shuffle in state agency leadership.

City leaders are weighing a capped 2026 bond and a new mayoral "decision tree" to frame trade-offs after voters rejected Prop Q. Staff and a task force will narrow projects this spring.

Federal prosecutors apologized after officials deported a Babson College freshman from Boston to Honduras in violation of a judge’s order. The judge suggested a student visa as one potential fix.

Sen. John Cornyn joined GOP colleagues to introduce the ICE Protection Act, seeking tougher penalties and new mandatory minimums for vehicle attacks on ICE officers.

Texas Governor Abbott has announced a $15.2 million investment from the Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund to Tekscend Photomask for photomask production, creating 50 jobs in Round Rock.

CesiumAstro is set to build a new manufacturing facility and headquarters in Texas, investing over $500 million and creating 500 jobs to strengthen the state's aerospace industry.

Texas Governor Abbott appoints Ryan D. Larson and Terence Davis to the Child Protective Investigations Advisory Committee to improve child welfare system integrity.

Anti‑Sharia rhetoric from Texas GOP leaders has some conservative Muslim voters and donors questioning their place in the party.

Fort Bend Rep. Gary Gates, who wrote HB21 to curb 'traveling' housing-finance tax deals, has intervened in litigation defending the law he authored.

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Chris Moose and reappointed Jamie Becker, Ph.D., and Sangeeta Singg, Ph.D., to the Texas State Board of Examiners of Psychologists.

The Texas Supreme Court finalized rules that hand the state control over which law schools qualify graduates to sit for the Texas bar, ending decades of ABA oversight. The order keeps current schools intact for now while opening a path for non‑ABA programs to seek approval.