With a global semiconductor shortage, there is a burgeoning effort to return manufacturing to the continental U.S. rather than maintain reliance on foreign manufacturers.
The state says COVID-19 cases for unvaccinated people are 13 times more likely, but its federal counterpart estimates the difference is half that high.
This is Abbott's second attempt, broader in scope than the first. His initial request to the Texas Association of School Boards dead-ended.
A subsidiary of Tesla has been approved by the State of Texas to operate as a Retail Electric Provider.
A dispute between rural telecommunications providers and the state has led to rising costs for Texans reliant on remote service.
The training materials aim to foster an attitude that “is able to see positive and negative aspects” of other racial groups.
The appointment fills the vacancy left by Eva Guzman who resigned this summer to run for attorney general.
Citing an "assault on basic human rights," the NAACP joins a chorus of private groups seeking market punishment for the Texas GOP.
Conservatives differ on Governor Greg Abbott's prohibition on all vaccine mandates in Texas after he first only outlawed such mandates by public entities.
The governor has appointed John Scott, a former deputy attorney general, to the position.
Dr. Peter McCullough, a Dallas physician heavily involved in treatment of COVID-19, talked with Sen. Bob Hall about the spread of the virus, early treatment, and vaccines.
On November 2, Texans will vote on a constitutional amendment that would cement the right to have at least one family member designated as an essential caregiver who can not be prohibited from visitation.
Abbott forbade businesses from making the COVID-19 vaccine a condition of employment and asked the legislature to do the same.
While Gov. Abbott stated that an election audit started “months ago,” the attorney for Harris County has questioned that claim.
After the orders for vaccination, a couple members of the National Guard with medical specialties have filed testimony objecting to the mandate.
The lawsuit comes after the legislature passed a bill banning the storage of high-level radioactive waste in Texas.
The U.S. Department of Education is probing the possibility that the governor's mask mandate ban discriminates against disabled children.
Since the pandemic's onset, the Texas economy has rebounded but still struggles with staffing shortages across many industries.
State officials have regularly clashed with the City of Austin over its policies, including the continuous flirtation with lax homeless camping enforcement.
While the Texas Department of State Health Services is issuing poison warnings about ivermectin products, treating physicians are continuing to promote the FDA-approved pharmaceutical product.
