Texas Stock Exchange launches trading in test of upstart’s challenge to Wall Street

Feds charge ICE officer in Texas-Minnesota extradition fight with lying to prosecutors, source says

Christian Castro was released from a Texas jail last week after Gov. Greg Abbott declined to immediately sign extradition papers from Minnesota.

Comptroller requests doubling Texas school voucher program to $2 billion

This is the first year for education savings accounts, which allow Texas families to use taxpayer dollars for private or home schooling.

Texas food banks feel the squeeze of federal cuts, drop in donations

More Texans have become food insecure due to a rise in natural disasters and less qualifying for SNAP benefits. Rural food banks in particular face additional pressures.

Texas A&M System removes courses on LGBTQ, ethnic studies and climate change from core offerings

More than 200 courses, including those on LGBTQ literature, cultural studies and climate change, will no longer count toward core degree requirements at 11 Texas A&M universities.

With voters squeezed by high costs, Texas candidates race to claim affordability mantle

If not carefully vetted, candidates’ proposals to lower costs could exacerbate future affordability issues, experts say.