The 2023 Texas legislative session opened Jan. 10, with property taxes, gun control and the power grid expected to be among the top issues on the agenda.

The Texas Standard talked to political journalists Niki Griswold of the Austin American-Statesman and James Barragàn of the Texas Tribune to see what might be upcoming.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public comments on a draft revised recovery plan for the Mexican long-nosed bat, an endangered migratory bat that travels annually between Mexico and the Southwestern United States to follow the blooming period of flowering agaves and cacti.

The Pecos County Livestock Show kicked off on Jan. 12 at the Pecos County Coliseum with the showing of rams, ewes, and lambs. The show will continue tomorrow starting at 9 a.m. with technology and photography contests, food show, judging of food show, ag mechanics show, and the showing of registered/breeding heifers, breeding gilts, and market swine.

Lawmakers returned to Austin on Tuesday just one day after the state's chief financial officer unveiled his most optimistic revenue estimate to date. This key number sets a limit on how much budget writers can spend on state services as outlays cannot exceed revenue.

This session's is the biggest ever. State Comptroller Glen Hegar increased his July estimate upwards by billions, projecting $32 billion left in the state treasury when the current biennium ends in September.