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State Senate Hearing Highlights Communication Obstacles in Data Center Water Usage
On Tuesday, the Texas Senate Committee on Water, Agriculture, and Rural Affairs heard testimony during an interval hearing regarding water usage for data centers. The midterm elections in November and the start of the 90th Parliamentary Program in January have become a focal point. At the start of the hearing, Chairman Charles Perry (R-Lubbock )
Texas ‘ first-ever property tax research shows decline in ISD taxes and growth in overall profits
According to a study released this week by state Sen. Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston ), property taxes have increased over the past ten years, but so has the number of Texas individuals who don’t pay any estate taxes to school districts. According to” a first of its kind nationwide data collection work” prepared by Bettencourt’s company
Texans are divided on Paxton and Talarico, as opposed to Flock and Data Centers, according to a new surveys.
In the race for the U.S. Senate, state representative James Talarico (D-Austin ) leads Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton by just half a percentage point, according to a new poll. In his campaign for a fourth term, Greg Abbott leads state representative Gina Hinojosa (D-Austin ) by just one point. The survey of 1, 167
At committee hearings, legislators consider deficiencies and violations of the Texas Public Information Act.
Last week, state legislators heard dozens of hours of testimony about the Texas Public Information Act’s ( TPIA )’s viability and whether it was intended to work. While some officials claimed the accountability legislation was being used as a weapon, some claimants claimed it was being used as a helmet and lacks sufficient enforcement mechanisms.
First Transmission Lines Under Permian Basin Reliability Plan Approved by State Agency as Paxton Joins Opposition
The Permian Basin Reliability Plan was proposed as a high-voltage transmission line, but the Public Utility Commission of Texas ( PUC) approved the project last week, drawing the attention of a coalition that now includes the state’s chief legal officer. The Permian Basin Reliability Plan network’s drafted Permian Basin Reliability Plan was unanimously approved by
On November 3, there will be two elections for the two North Texas congressional tickets.
Texas House District ( HD ) 93 and Senate District ( SD ) 22 will each have two elections on the November 3 ballot, with one for the special election that Governor recently called. one for the common vote, Greg Abbott. House District 93 After state representative Nate Schatzline (R-Fort Worth ) resigned from his
The Texas” Rainy Day Fund” and How Democrats are attempting to spend it are discussed below.
A provincial piggy bank has been filled to the brim thanks to fees on the oil and gas industry, and Democratic candidates are lining up to knock it open. The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts administers the Economic Stabilization Fund ( ESF), also known as the Rainy Day Fund. The balance, according to the treasurer,
Texas legislators debate conflicts of interest at the education basis with the director of a public school
State lawmakers grilled testimony and occasionally expressed doubt over the specifics of the volunteer tax-exempt organizations that were established to support public school districts during hours of testimony on Texas ‘ training foundations. The Barbers Hill Education Foundation ( BHEF), which reports the largest investments of educational foundations in the country, was the subject of
A federal prosecutor once more rules that Texas ‘ ban on drag shows with children present is illegal.
Senate Bill ( SB ) 12, which would forbid drag shows with children under the age of 18 in attendance, is unconstitutional, according to a federal district judge in Houston. Judge David Hittner, an appointment of President Ronald Reagan serving in the Houston Division of the Southern District of Texas, wrote that the law “violates
Judge Rejects the Karmelo Anthony Retrial, Paxton and Talarico Weigh In on the Event
Karmelo Anthony’s request for a second trial was turned down by a city judge in Kaufman County after he was just found guilty of murder in Collin County. Austin Metcalf, a other high school student, was stabbed at a track meet in April 2025, and Anthony was found guilty. Anthony received a 35-year jail sentence
At the Texas House Public Health Committee’s time experiencing, social media and newborn mortality take center stage.
The Texas House Committee on Public Health discussed a number of time charges, including the impact of social media on infant mortality prevention, while also establishing a new committee on children’s health. The committee’s inaugural meeting was preceded by Chairman Gary VanDeaver (R-New Boston ) establishing the new Subcommittee on Maternal Health, Menopause, and Access
Both the Supreme Court and the Appeals Court of Texas Vote to Stop Galveston County’s Post-Primary Redistricting.
A Texas appeals court has declined to stop the implementation of a redistricting plan for Galveston County that was put in place following the primary elections in March 2026, causing an emergency appeal to the Supreme Court of Texas (SCOTX ) earlier this month. The restrictions for the commission, constables, and judges of the peace
