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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Joe Lovinger
George Soros(Bloomberg) -- A political group backed by megadonor George Soros is redoubling its effort to make the reliably red state of Texas more Democratic. Texas Majority PAC, which received $1 million from Soros in April and $3 million last year, is launching a new campaign with the Texas Democratic Party to recruit candidates and volunteers across the state. The PAC pledged an unspecified eight-figure investment, but it’s unclear how much additional funding Soros may provide the effort.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberglinea.com | Katie Greifeld |Julie Fine |Joe Lovinger |Angela Weiss
Bloomberg — La Bolsa de Texas (TXSE, por sus siglas en inglés) se prepara para iniciar operaciones a comienzos del próximo año, en medio del creciente interés de sus rivales más consolidados por expandirse en el estado, afirmó Jeb Hensarling, asesor del mercado y excongresista estadounidense.
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1 week ago | 
insurancejournal.com | Joe Lovinger
Texas is on the cusp of banning all recreational THC products after lawmakers passed a bill to reverse the unintended effects of hemp laws that led to a boom in shops selling gummies, joints, vapes and drinks that create a similar high to marijuana. The proposal, awaiting Governor Greg Abbott’s signature, would outlaw almost all consumable hemp products except for non-psychoactive CBD and CBG.
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1 week ago | 
seattletimes.com | Joe Lovinger
Texas is on the cusp of banning all recreational THC products after lawmakers passed a bill to reverse the unintended effects of hemp laws that led to a boom in shops selling gummies, joints, vapes and drinks that create a similar high to marijuana. The proposal, awaiting Gov. Greg Abbott’s signature, would outlaw almost all consumable hemp products except for non-psychoactive CBD and CBG.
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1 week ago | 
news.bloombergtax.com | Joe Lovinger
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Katie Greifeld |Julie Fine |Joe Lovinger
(Bloomberg) -- The Texas Stock Exchange is on track to make its debut as a trading venue early next year as its powerful rivals intensify their push into the state, said Jeb Hensarling, an adviser to the proposed marketplace and former US congressman. After the start of trading, the upstart exchange aims eventually to add dual listings, initial public offerings and exchange-traded products, Hensarling said Tuesday in an interview with Bloomberg Television.
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1 week ago | 
bloomberg.com | Joe Lovinger
Hemp plants. (Bloomberg) -- Texas is on the cusp of banning all recreational THC products after lawmakers passed a bill to reverse the unintended effects of hemp laws that led to a boom in shops selling gummies, joints, vapes and drinks that create a similar high to marijuana. The proposal, awaiting Governor Greg Abbott’s signature, would outlaw almost all consumable hemp products except for non-psychoactive CBD and CBG.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberg.com | Joe Lovinger
Texas A&M campus in College Station, Texas, in 2023. (Bloomberg) -- Texas Republicans are tightening their grip on the state’s sprawling university systems amid a nationwide drive by conservatives to remake higher education. The GOP-dominated legislature passed bills limiting protests and expanding state control over academic content, degree programs and administrative decisions at such schools as the University of Texas and Texas A&M University.
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2 weeks ago | 
bloomberglinea.com | Joe Lovinger |Marshall Tidrick
Bloomberg — En su thriller del 2016 Hell or High Water (Sin nada que perder), Taylor Sheridan afirma que es un poema de amor a Texas, pero para filmarlo tuvo que ir a Nuevo México. El filme sigue a unos hermanos que se han convertido en ladrones de bancos a través de la zona petrolífera del oeste texano mientras tratan de salvar el rancho de su familia y de mantenerse un paso por delante de la justicia.
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2 weeks ago | 
news.bloomberglaw.com | Joe Lovinger
Taylor Sheridan calls his 2016 thriller Hell or High Water a love poem to Texas, but to film it, he had to go to New Mexico. The movie tracks brothers-turned-bank-robbers through West Texas oil country as they try to save the family ranch and stay a step ahead of the law. But every horse, cow and oil rig shown in the film was shot east of Albuquerque, thanks to state financial incentives for the production.
