A new Texas law banning property purchases by people and entities tied to certain countries will take effect at the beginning of September, even as a legal fight over the measure heads to appeal.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/texas/2025/08/27/529565/starting-sept-1-new-texas-law-will-ban-certain-foreign-nationals-from-buying-land/

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The Texas House agreed late Thursday to let the governor determine the countries whose residents, governments and other entities could be banned from buying property here.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2025/05/09/520900/texas-house-advances-bill-that-would-prohibit-land-sales-to-people-and-entities-from-certain-countries/

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The University of Houston and San Jacinto College say they dissolved their DEI offices and reassigned employees who worked there before Senate Bill 17, the new Texas law banning DEI offices at public schools, took effect on Monday.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/education-news/2024/01/02/473345/houston-universities-move-on-from-dei-offices-as-new-texas-law-takes-effect/

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