A makeshift memorial dedicated to the lives of the 25 girls and two teenage counselors who were killed during last year’s Texas Hill Country flash floods is seen on June 24, 2026 in Hunt, Texas. Camp Mystic has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy nearly one year after the devastating July 4th Texas Hill Country floods that claimed the lives of 25 girls and two teenage counselors at the camp’s location along the Guadalupe River. (Brandon Bell / Getty Images)
A year after catastrophic flooding in Texas's Hill Country exposed critical gaps in emergency warning systems, state and local officials are expanding efforts in flood detection technology.
A view inside the Texas Division of Emergency Management State Operations Center as they respond to the New World Screwworm threat on June 5, 2026 in Austin, Texas. (Photo by Joel Angel Juarez/Getty Images)
Texas awarded the New York IT services firm Kyndryl a contract for providing IT services to Texas state agencies, local governments and other public sector organizations.
Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a primary election night event hosted by the Young Conservatives of Texas and the Texas Young Republicans at Cedar Door Patio Bar & Grill in Austin on March 3, 2026. (Jay Janner / The Austin American-Statesman via Getty Images)
“I will not let Communist China spy on Texans,” Gov. Greg Abbott wrote in a recent letter directing state health agencies to undertake a series of preventative…
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton attends a signing ceremony for an executive order to reduce the size and scope of the Education Department, at the East Room of the White House on March 20, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Chip Somodevilla / Getty Images)
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against TP-Link, the first in a series his office is planning to file against Chinese companies that, he…
A new publication from the National Association of State Chief Information Officers represents a year of research by its digital accessibility working group.