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Texas election laws: What voters need to know before casting ballots in the 2026 midterm

From required IDs to navigating mail-in ballots, here's how voters can navigate early voting and Election Day.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 16

A blossoming Texas medical marijuana industry adds new businesses, products and patients

The Texas Department of Public Safety has issued provisional licenses to nine new medical marijuana operators while existing ones have started opening new manufacturing and cultivating facilities.

The Texas Tribune · Jan 12

Tensions Rise As Texas State Trooper Was Caught 'Harassing' North Carolina Players During College Football

Viral tunnel clash at A&M game sees DPS trooper confront SC's Harbor & Adaway—sent home amid probe. Ties to 2025 camp assault & 2020 police fears; LeBron calls for justice

International Business Times UK · Nov 16, 2025

1 person killed and 13 injured in semitrailer crash at a Texas public safety office

A Texas semitrailer driver rammed a stolen 18-wheeler into a public safety building where his renewal for a commercial driver's license had been rejected, authorities said. The driver was arrested.

WEKU · Apr 13, 2024

Texas DPS Director Steve McCraw testifies before grand jury investigating Uvalde school shooting

McCraw, the state police chief, traveled to Uvalde to appear before a grand jury considering criminal charges against officers for their botched response to the 2022 school shooting.

The Texas Tribune · Feb 28, 2024

This West Texas town has a lot of money in the bank. Why can't it pick up its trash?

Like local leaders in many other towns in West Texas, the Kermit City Council spent years saving its tax revenue fearing the energy economy would crash. Now it is struggling to keep up with essential services like trash and road repair.

The Texas Tribune · Jan 4, 2024

DPS Still Avoiding a Public Hearing on Uvalde Massacre

By delaying an appeal, Director Steve McCraw is postponing a reckoning.

Texas Observer · Sep 28, 2023

In video, Rep. Ronny Jackson yells profanities at Texas trooper, is put on ground

"I'm gonna call the governor tomorrow," Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Texas, said as he shouted obscenities at a trooper during an altercation at a rodeo.

WEKU · Aug 15, 2023

State troopers will resume patrolling Austin streets in July, with some changes in response to criticism

Texas Department of Public Safety officers were criticized for the disparate number of Latino and Black residents arrested during the first iteration of a partnership to help Austin with policing duties.

The Texas Tribune · Jun 23, 2023

After Title 42’s end, Texas DPS pauses Austin patrols so officers can head to the border

Despite no major influx in border crossings, state troopers will be relocated to border cities. Austin and the Texas Department of Public Safety faced criticism for the racial disparities in state trooper arrests in the capital.

The Texas Tribune · May 13, 2023