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August 18, 2026 3:40 PM
Former Rep. Eiland is representing homeowners looking to make it a class action RICO case
Editors’
note: The suit and supporting documents including the sworn
affidavit of a field adjuster can be downloaded at the end of the story
-SB
Some Gulf
Coast homeowners are suing the Texas Windstorm Insurance Association
alleging the state-created insurer of last resort for wind and hail
fraudulently reduced claim estimates for properties damaged by Hurricane Beryl.
It cost these homeowners tens of thousands of dollars, according to their attorneys.
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August 18, 2026 3:35 PM
The poll comes right before a marathon hearing on this and data centers in House State Affairs
Editor’s
note: Full info on the poll is available for download at the end of the article
– SB
Ahead of what’s
sure to be a marathon Texas House State Affairs Committee hearing
on Wednesday, an industry group released a poll showing West Texans agree with the
plan for those controversial 765-kV transmission lines when given more information
about them.
The
hearing is set to cover the transmission lines as well as data centers. And the structure of the hearing is coming into focus now.
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August 18, 2026 3:31 PM
The "ONE DFW Legislative Caucus" will focus on strengthening "regional collaboration and advance DFW priorities"
In the spirit
of bipartisan cooperation and working together to promote the Dallas-Fort Worth
Metroplex’s priorities at the Texas Capitol, Rep. Jared
Patterson on Tuesday announced the formation of the “ONE DFW Legislative
Caucus.”
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August 18, 2026 3:19 PM
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August 17, 2026 12:38 PM
The CBP Commissioner is on the ground now in Far West Texas to do an evaluation
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August 14, 2026 5:30 PM
Some top staffer moves, lobby heavy hitters, and party news
SAN
ANTONIO – Good afternoon from the Alamo City, the site of the annual Mexican
American Legislative Caucus Golf Classic teeing off today. I will not
be out in the 100-degree heat but it’s wonderful to see so many friends here and
congrats to MALC Chairman Ramon Romero on a successful event. Thanks for all the gossip at the bars here and in San Angelo last week
at the West Texas Legislative Summit.
Programming
note: We’re taking the week off from Quorum Report Radio
but we’ll be back next Friday. If you haven’t caught up on all the episodes,
the links to follow the show are on the QR homepage.
Meantime
it’s a true week of heavy hitters in People on the Move. POTM is,
of course, the quickest and most efficient way to let the Texas Capitol
community know about your career news. You can also brag about a friend or tell
on an adversary by sending the scoop to ksbraddock@gmail.com anytime. If you use POTM in the
subject line, it helps me keep it all straight in my cluttered inbox.
Please and
thank you so much.
Here’s the
latest edition.
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August 14, 2026 5:01 PM
Services are set for Wednesday the 19th at 11am at Cook-Walden/Capital Parks Funeral Home in Pflugerville
His full obituary is here.
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August 12, 2026 5:02 PM
Per Ryan Autullo at Blooberg Law, the judges are: Justice Emily Miskel of the Dallas Court of Appeals and District Court Judge Alfonso Charles of Longview. Aurora Martinez Jones of Travis County is the lone Democrat on the panel
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August 12, 2026 4:56 PM
Meta has said it would comply with Abbott’s directive’s to PUC and ERCOT, but of course Meta’s giant projects in El Paso County isn’t in the ERCOT service area
Blanco
sent this
letter to Meta earlier today.
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August 12, 2026 3:00 PM
On Texas Capital Tonight, QR Publisher Harvey Kronberg and host James Barragán talked about that and more. Check out HK's segment every Monday evening at 7 on Spectrum News in Austin
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August 12, 2026 2:57 PM
This includes a new Subcommittee on Maternal Health, Menopause and Access to Evidence-Based Medicine Chaired by Rep. Pierson
You can read
them here.
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August 11, 2026 5:00 AM
Google, Open AI, Meta and others weighed with support for Abbott’s temporary guardrails; Democratic nominee for governor Gina Hinojosa said “When the companies being regulated are cheering for the rules, you know the rules were written for them, not for Texans”
After President
Donald Trump said Gov. Greg Abbott is making a “mistake” to tap
the breaks on construction of data centers in Texas, the biggest names in tech
came out very strongly in the last 24 hours to say they support the governor’s
moves.
But
insurgent Democrats – most of whom have joined with some Republicans like GOP Ag
Commissioner Sid Miller in pushing for an immediate moratorium and
special legislative session – said the whole thing is a ruse to help Abbott deal
with an issue with the potential to upend the November election.
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August 11, 2026 4:42 AM
“Development of this scale can only move forward successfully when it is built on trust and genuine partnership with the community it affects”
Texas
House Energy Resources Committee Chairman
Drew Darby, R-San Angelo, on Monday asked the developer of a proposed
data center in Tom Green County to answer what he called “critical questions”
and made a formal request for the Texas Commisssion on Environmental
Quality to hold a local meeting about it.
Darby sent
letters to the company and TCEQ – both of which can be downloaded at the end of
this story.
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