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The Texas Department of Public Safety is recognizing the continued service and evolution of the Capitol Area Strike Team (CAST), a specialized team dedicated to protecting the Texas State Capitol, safeguarding dignitaries, managing large-scale crowds and providing rapid response capabilities when needed.

 Governor Greg Abbott announced that 25 Texas public schools have been named 2026 Lone Star Ribbon Schools in recognition of outstanding academic performance.

The U.S. Department of Education’s (the Department’s) Student Privacy Policy Office (SPPO) launched an investigation into The Public Schools of Northborough and Southborough in Massachusetts to determine whether the school district violated the Protection of Pupil Rights Amendment (PPRA) and the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) after reports that school officials allegedly facilitated the “gender transition” of a minor student without parents’ knowledge or consent.

At its meeting on September 15, 2026, the Edinburg City Council approved a balanced General Fund budget totaling $96.7 million and a total budget for all funds totaling $174.7 million—adopting for the first time a tax rate below the no-new-revenue rate.

White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles announced Wednesday that she is cancer-free following months of treatment for early-stage breast cancer, sharing the news after receiving clear pathology results from the Mayo Clinic. Image: The White House Public Domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Brownsville is preparing to enter a new chapter in American shipbuilding after Saronic announced that the U.S. Navy awarded the company a contract to construct Landing Craft Utility vessels at its new Port Alpha shipyard.

Governor Greg Abbott announced that Texas has secured nearly $12 billion in critical Medicaid funding after months of negotiation with the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

The Texas Department of Insurance (TDI), in response to Gov. Abbott's August 24 directive, identified actions to protect consumers and make property and casualty insurance more affordable for Texans.

Nearly two decades after launching its Countdown to Zero Dropout Recovery initiative, Pharr-San Juan-Alamo ISD (PSJA ISD) is seeing significant progress in its efforts to keep students in school and ensure they have a pathway to graduation.

The City of Weslaco is proposing a property tax rate of $0.6678 per $100 of taxable property value for Fiscal Year 2026–2027, nearly two cents lower than last year’s rate of $0.6867.