For SpaceX’s” Terafab” project in Grimes County, the Independent School District ( ISD ) and Anderson-Shiro Consolidated Independent School District ( CISD ) voted to pass a partial tax abatement agreement. In both Iola ISD and Anderson-Shiro CISD on Tuesday, the four-phase Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation ( JETI ) application was approved by a
An FBI press agent approaches the Union City, Georgia, Fulton County Election Hub and Operation Center. Arvin Temka/AP/Atlanta Journal-Constitution The FBI has explored using artificial intelligence to check the legitimacy of the names on tens of thousands of mail-in ballot envelopes taken from Fulton County, Georgia. This is the most recent step in the Trump
The Neches and Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District ( GCD ) is facing legal action from two businesses alleging that it improperly instituted a moratorium that prevented the approval of large-scale water project permits. The city is directed to “cease all activities related to accepting applications for any new non-exempt cutting, operating, and transfer/transport permits,
Housing pricing was a major priority for key members of the Texas Legislature during the previous session, and an upcoming time council hearing suggests the problem isn’t going away. The Texas House’s Land and Resource Management Committee will meet on July 20 for a meeting to discuss a number of housing charges that are almost
Following Gov. Jerry Brown’s resignation, the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ( HHSC ) has referred to the Texas Office of the Attorney General ( OAG ) numerous allegations of state healthcare providers promoting “birth tourism” in response to the Texas Health and Human Services Commission ( HHSC ). Greg Abbott’s request for an
Numerous people of the Fort Worth City Council have demanded a ban on the city’s data center creation. Given the “growing concerns our people have expressed regarding the rapid growth of data centers in our area and across the state,” Council Members Carlos Flores, Mia Hall, Chris Nettles, Elizabeth Beck, and Jeannette Martinez signed a
A Texas employee of a Nihilistic Violent Extremist ( NVE ) organization, as the U.S. Department of Justice ( DOJ) described it, pleaded guilty to charges involving racketeering and child sexual exploitation and was sentenced last week to 40 years in prison. According to the DOJ, Alexis Aldair Chavez of San Antonio, era 19, was
Illustration by Vanessa Saba for ProPublica. Source images: The Washington Post/Getty Images, Leonardo Cendamo/Getty Images, Onondaga District Attorney, County of Onondaga, State of New York, Courtesy of Alice Sebold, New York Times. There’s one indisputable fact about the events of the night of May 8, 1981: Alice Sebold, who had earlier that day just completed
A$ 3.26 billion loan was made available by the U.S. Department of Energy to American Electric Power ( AEP ) Texas to finance approximately 100 transmission projects across the state. According to Chris Wright, the director of energy for the United States,” This investment will upgrade Texas ‘ electrical grid, aid the energy needed for
A North Texas resident was returned from Qatar to Collin County, where he will now face fees for his reported involvement in a multinational system to steal technology and money. In a 2021 replacing accusation, Abdullah Anwar and 100 other people were accused of conspiring to carry out the following acts: using or brandishing a
The Pentagon authorized the reinstatement of a flu vaccination mandate for some trees of the U.S. Armed Forces following an earlier this month virus outbreak at a Texas Air Force base. Per an executive attempt from President Donald Trump in September, Pete Hegseth, director of the U.S. Department of Defense, made a proclamation denying the
Many public school districts in Texas are adopting deficits as they approach the funds year’s date for budget assent as they approach the 2026–2027 school year. Districts across the state have cited factors like a lack of state funding, prices, declining enrollment, birth rates, and declining property values as contributing factors to their growing imbalances.