Energy & Markets: Oil slid back toward pre-Iran-war levels as tankers resumed moving through the Strait of Hormuz, with Brent around $72–$73 and WTI near $69, easing supply fears. Texas Power Reliability: A new study ranks Texas No. 2 for outage time, averaging 2.31 hours per household per year, costing an estimated $248M statewide. Grid Expansion: The Texas Energy Fund approved an 860 MW boost in West Texas for Vistra’s Permian Basin power buildout, aiming to keep pace with demand from consumers and data centers. Data Centers & Water: Texas leaders are pressing data-center operators for water-use answers, as communities debate the impact of new AI-driven load. Corporate Moves: CTS Corporation promoted Pratik Trivedi to CEO; KBR named leadership for its Mission Technology Solutions spin-off; Prairie Operating Co. tapped Gregory Patton as CEO and Michael Shelly as CFO. Healthcare Business: Plus Therapeutics’ CNSide Diagnostics won national coverage with Elevance for its CSF tumor cell assay, expanding contracted reach to 126M people. Agriculture Watch: New World screwworm detections clustered on one Texas property in Terrell County, with quarantines in parts of more than a dozen counties. Tech & Finance: Dash.fi launched an all-in-one finance platform with AI auditing for ad, shipping, and AI spend; Waypoint Trading Solutions added connectivity to the Texas Stock Exchange.