Legislative Services

Dust, pavement and the price of progress: How counties in the Eagle Ford Shale banded together to address the hidden costs of the oil boom (Texas Association of Counties)

Cunningham Named TAC County Relations Officer (Texas Association of Counties)

Legislative Analysis for Counties: FY 2026 Appropriations (National Association of Counties)

Energy potential comes into focus for rural counties (National Association of Counties)

Texans are demanding their local governments push pause on data centers. Can they? (The Texas Tribune)

Localities bemoan apparent ‘race to the bottom’ on data centers (Route Fifty)

Capital Highlights: Week of Feb. 23-27 (Texas Press Association)

Texas jails have more than 400 pregnant inmates monthly. The state is trying to understand what happens to them. (The Texas Tribune)

Texas ranks near the bottom for health, but the problem isn’t sickness. It’s access. (Austin American-Statesman)

Q&A: Commissioner Justin Rodriguez explains why county government is becoming a political battleground (San Antonio Report)