Texas Tech & Higher Ed: Texas A&M is using NSSE student-satisfaction results to drive targeted campus improvements, including task forces focused on skills like writing. AI & Chips: TSMC is weighing a multibillion-dollar Texas campus to expand AI chip capacity beyond its Arizona buildout. Healthcare Fraud: A Frisco counselor was convicted in a $26M TRICARE scheme, including kickbacks and billing under physicians’ credentials without consent. Medicare Advantage Expansion: Alignment Health is expanding its 2027 Medicare Advantage footprint into more Texas counties and adding new provider partners. Nuclear Waste Permitting: Deep Isolation won a Texas Railroad Commission drilling permit for a full-scale deep borehole disposal commercialization pilot near Cameron. Energy & Markets: Bond yields surged toward multi-decade highs amid global bond selloffs and Middle East-driven oil pressure, rattling stocks. Politics & Elections: Ken Paxton privately told donors Trump’s Dallas convention “dropped our numbers,” as outside groups pour money into the Texas Senate race. Data Centers & Policy: Texas is pausing new data center permitting while grid audits are conducted.