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August 10, 2026 3:09 PM
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 10, 2026 3:01 PM
New York
Times reporter Lauren
McGaughy writes:
Now, Mr.
Paxton’s federal financial disclosure forms and additional records obtained by
The New York Times shed light on one unusual source of his
income: a cellular tower company from which Mr. Paxton made between
$100,000 and $1 million about every 18 months.
The
company controls at least one tower in a city north of Dallas that was erected
around 20 years ago on the property of a hospital where Mr. Paxton was a board
member.
Mr. Paxton
co-founded the company, Premier Vertical Properties, in 2005; he reported
serving on the board of the hospital, Centennial Medical Center, from 2003 to
2013. Records show that Premier signed a deal to lease space on the tower to
T-Mobile in 2006; the hospital’s parent company at the time, Tenet Hospitals,
was mentioned in the lease agreements.
Full report
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August 10, 2026 2:57 PM
Subscribers
can read the order from the judge.
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August 10, 2026 12:59 PM
In a filing with the federal court in Amarillo, Howden's team notified the court of continued opposition to the suit and said it's an issue that should be resolved by the Legislature
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August 6, 2026 2:29 PM
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August 5, 2026 9:25 AM
It'll be Saturday, August 15 at 2pm at Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal Church - 8011 Douglas Ave. Dallas, TX 75225
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August 4, 2026 5:03 PM
Former Rep. Lon Burnam was arrested during testimony; Sen. Nathan Johnson and Rep. Goodwin rallied Democrats against the plan that some in Fort Worth have called the “O’Hare protection program”
FORT WORTH
– Republican leadership in Tarrant County on Tuesday lost control of a
commissioner’s court meeting during a discussion about slashing the number of
polling places ahead of the November election.
The plan
would reduce by nearly half the number of election day polling locations plus 8
early voting locations, some of those on campuses.
Once
promoted by Republicans as the largest urban GOP county in the United States,
the effort to pull back on access to voting is playing out in a part of Texas
where insurgent Democrats have gained considerable ground including this year’s
surprise special election victory of Sen. Taylor Rehmet, who Lt. Gov. Dan
Patrick has vowed will not serve even a single day in the Legislature
come January.
There were
protests at the Tarrant County Courthouse prior to the meeting and then all
hell broke loose as the Republican county judge
struggled to keep things on track, gaveling down Democrats upset with the plan.
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August 4, 2026 4:04 PM
The full
statement from the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus can be
downloaded right
here.
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August 4, 2026 3:37 PM
On Texas Capital Tonight on Spectrum News in Austin, HK and host James Barragán tackle Cornyn's standoff with President Trump over his AG nominee Todd Blanche and more
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August 4, 2026 3:16 PM
KSAT TV in
San Antonio was provided
with initial details ahead of a news conference this afternoon:
The plan
is to ban so-called energy monopolies between cities like San Antonio and municipally-owned utility districts like CPS Energy.
Abbott’s
office said more than five million Texans live in areas with just one municipal
power provider with no option to shop around for cheaper electricity rates.
Of those
five million, the office said more than 60 percent are served by Austin’s and
San Antonio’s electric utilities.
Abbott’s
plan would allow Texans to choose their electricity provider by opening city
monopolies to retail electric competition.
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August 3, 2026 12:05 PM
"The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUC) and ERCOT must conduct a comprehensive verification and audit of all data centers advancing through ERCOT’s interconnection process
before any additional data centers are approved to move forward. Any project that fails to comply with the requirements set forth by the PUC and ERCOT, and by state law, must be denied connection to the Texas grid."
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cand download the letter Abbott sent today to the heads of the PUC and ERCOT
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