The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board invited Texas public universities, community colleges, and technical colleges to participate in the Open Educational Resources Fifth Biennial Landscape Survey, which assesses adoption and use of OER across Texas higher education institutions.
Where
Statewide
When
Nov. 5, 2026
Sources
From an official record
Taxes and money
None stated in sources.
Coming up
Friday, January 15, 2027. Deadline to complete Open Educational Resources survey1
A Texas House Republican called on Gov. Greg Abbott to restrict the governor's emergency powers before Democrat Gina Hinojosa takes office in January. State Rep. Brian Harrison urged Abbott to call a special session and proposed legislation limiting how governors can use emergency executive orders.
Brian Harrison, Texas House state representative; Greg Abbott, Texas Governor; Gina Hinojosa, Governor-elect
Texas Governor-elect Gina Hinojosa held her first news conference after defeating Gov. Greg Abbott and announced her transition team to manage the transfer of power before her January inauguration.
Gina Hinojosa, Texas Governor-elect; Greg Abbott, Outgoing Texas Governor; Joe Madden, Executive director of transition team and 3 more
Richard M. Rhodes, president of Texas A&M University-Central Texas since fall 2023, announced his retirement effective June 1, 2027, or once his successor is appointed.
Richard M. Rhodes, President of Texas A&M University-Central Texas; Glenn Hegar, Texas A&M University System Chancellor
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission reminded licensed child care center providers that following passage of Senate Bill 1008, they are no longer required to obtain food establishment permits. Centers must still request and pass a General Sanitation Inspection from a local health authority annually.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, issuing the reminder to child care providers
The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services Partners for Children and Families Committee will meet on Thursday, November 12, 2026 at 9:00 a.m. CST in Austin.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, organizer; DFPS Partners for Children and Families Committee, committee meeting
Following midterm elections, Democrats defeated Republicans for statewide control in Texas, including electing Gina Hinojosa as the state's first Democratic governor in more than three decades. Democrats now control the governor's office and key appointment powers for state institutions like the University of Texas System Board of Regents.
Gina Hinojosa, Democrat elected as Texas governor; Greg Abbott, Texas Governor; Gary Susswein, UT Austin former top spokesman and 1 more
Attorney General-elect Nathan Johnson said he will not continue suing doctors in other states for sending abortion medication to Texas patients, a practice his predecessor Ken Paxton pursued.
Nathan Johnson, Attorney General-elect; Ken Paxton, Former Attorney General, now U.S. Senate-elect; Gina Hinojosa, Governor-elect and 1 more
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is soliciting applications for membership on the State Preventive Health Advisory Committee, which addresses the state plan for the Preventive Health and Health Services Block Grant.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission, agency seeking committee members; Department of State Health Services, agency reviewing applicants