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AUSTIN (Nexstar) – The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts overhauled a program designed to provide more exposure to historically underutilized businesses in the state procurement process by removing ...

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts overhauled a program designed to provide more exposure to historically underutilized businesses in the state procurement process by removing female and ...

Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock has sharply curtailed a 30-year-old program designed to give women- and minority-owned businesses a boost when they compete for state contracts, narrowing it instead ...

The Brief keeps Texas voters and political observers up to speed on the most essential coverage of their elected officials, the policies that shape their daily lives and the future of our great state.

Note to readers • This story is made possible through a partnership between The Salt Lake Tribune and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Brigham City • Gov. Spencer Cox and other ...

The SmartThings Smart Home Hub 2 has been officially launched in the United States. It is priced at $119 and brings several key upgrades compared to its predecessor. The design is about 50% smaller, ...

Funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Defense and driven by a need to build Indiana’s workforce pipeline in a key sector, a Bloomington-based nonprofit is leading the charge on a new training ...

A new cyber-attack has been observed exploiting Google’s “Find Hub” service to remotely wipe data from Android devices. In this attack, malicious files disguised as stress-relief programs were ...

North Korean hackers are abusing Google’s Find Hub tool to track the GPS location of their targets and remotely reset Android devices to factory settings. The attacks are primarily targeting South ...

When Kelly Cahill isn't bartending, she tends to around 300 birds on her poultry farm — not in rural Louisiana, but just a short drive from the French Quarter. The only poultry farmer with her own ...