Legislative Services

A growing and aging population is forcing Texas counties to seek state EMS funding (The Texas Tribune)

Texas' uneven population boom is creating ghost towns in many rural counties (The Texas Tribune)

Texas lawmakers begin filing bills for the 2025 session of the Legislature (The Dallas Morning News)

Texas will have a $20B surplus next legislative session, comptroller projects (Community Impact)

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Announces Transfer of $5.5 Billion to State Highway and Rainy Day Funds (News release)

Texas farmers say sewage-based fertilizer tainted with "forever chemicals" poisoned their land and killed their livestock (The Texas Tribune)

Attorney General Ken Paxton Sues Manufacturers of Toxic PFAS "Forever Chemicals" for Falsely Advertising Household Products as Safe for Families (News release)

These are the reddest and bluest counties in Texas, based on recent election results (KXAN-TV Austin)

‘The $42B question': What's next for federal broadband funding? (Route Fifty)

National Association of Counties Launches Disaster Reform Task Force (NACo)

ERCOT's winter outlook: Slightly riskier grid with a strong chance of extreme cold (KXAS-TV Fort Worth)

Bexar County puts its history online. Newly digitized archives date to early 18th century. (San Antonio Express-News)