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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – A bill to enhance emergency preparedness in the wake of the July 4, 2025, Texas Hill Country floods heads to the president for his signature.
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(The Center Square) – The Office of Texas Comptroller is amending an agency rule, 3.330, that it says was previously misused to create a double tax on businesses, gig workers and others.
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(The Center Square) – Democratic U.S. Senate candidate state Rep. James Talarico has launched a $25 million statewide initiative to reach Black voters six weeks before election day.
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(The Center Square) – More people have been indicted in a West Texas oil field theft case.
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(The Center Square) – Attorneys general from 22 states sent a letter to the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission detailing how multiple ratings agencies such as Moody’s Corporation, Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings still push an ESG agenda, months after a group of state attorneys general called on them to explain ESG-driven downgrades.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement-Dallas arrested 121 people during a summer enforcement initiative at Lake Lewis in Texas, including two confirmed members of the Venezuelan Tren de Aragua terrorist organization.
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Texas is becoming a financial powerhouse.
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Reporting from The Center Square
(The Center Square) – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday issued a statewide disaster proclamation certifying a diesel fuel shortage. The shortage “poses an imminent threat or occurrence of harm to the public health and safety in Texas,” he said in the proclamation. The proclamation applies to all 254 counties in Texas.
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(The Center Square) – Multi-billion-dollar and trillion-dollar companies continue to receive taxpayer funds to expand operations in Texas.
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Six are in Republican districts in Texas, Florida
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