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July 23, 2026 2:08 PM
“Data centers that want to do business in Texas must meet a clear standard. This project did not,” Abbott said
Here’s the
news
release via the Office of the Governor. Depending on your browser you might
have to right click the link and open it in a new tab.
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July 23, 2026 9:34 AM
“I do not believe Texans should act as a financial safety net for a multibillion-dollar corporation's liabilities,” Hancock said, speaking of Amazon. “Our decision to reject these unwarranted demands was ‘favoritism’ toward one group only – the citizens of Texas.”
Editor’s
note: Senate leadership reacted to Hancock after the letter appeared in Quorum
Report. The story is updated to include every petty word of it – SB
Not
holding back, Acting Comptroller Kelly Hancock told Business and
Commerce Chairman Charles Schwertner that he and members of his
committee clearly don't understand how the process is supposed to work for
awarding grants at the Broadband Development Office:
"During
the hearing, it became clear that certain committee members are unaware of
these statutory constraints. Instead, it appears they have received talking
points from industry lobbyists. Our office staunchly and without reservation
prioritizes protecting taxpayer money over corporate bottom lines."
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July 22, 2026 2:23 PM
“Today’s filing marks an important new chapter in TNP’s decades-long effort to remove Texas’ unconstitutional barriers to patient care and give nurse practitioners the freedom to provide the care they are educated, trained, and licensed by the state to deliver” – Texas Nurse Practitioners President Tracy Hicks
A copy of
the lawsuit can be downloaded by subscribers.
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July 21, 2026 3:35 PM
On Texas Capital Tonight, QR Publisher Harvey Kronberg told host James Barragán that "the untold story of this upcoming campaign is how much bottom up it's going to be." HK says Republicans are not going to get caught flat-footed the way they did in 2018 while Democrats are mobilizing up and down the ballot across the state.
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July 21, 2026 3:30 PM
From their joint statement: "Given concerns raised about the award process, including those discussed during the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce hearing on June 24, 2026, it is critical the Office’s performance and operations meet the expectations of the Texas Legislature and the people of this state. Upon receiving the audit’s findings, the Legislature will be prepared to take appropriate action during the 90th Legislative Session.”
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July 20, 2026 7:10 PM
The board’s agenda for Tuesday night includes a vote on a lawsuit “Midland vs Texas” over forced recapture and M&O rates
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July 20, 2026 3:38 PM
"He didn't care," Miller said on his retribution tour against the governor who endorsed his GOP primary challenger Nate Sheets, who is promoting data centers
Outgoing
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is ramping up his criticism of
Gov. Greg Abbott over data centers, arguing that the governor “didn’t
care” about repercussions for rural communities when attracting data centers to
those areas.
Abbott,
who was bragging in Midlothian 7 months ago about Texas becoming an “epicenter”
for data centers, has more recently argued in East Texas that rural
neighborhoods should be shielded from those developments for now.
Miller,
still seething from the primary and long-suffering from an independent streak
anyway, isn’t buying Abbott’s sudden change of heart.
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July 19, 2026 1:18 PM
On KVUE TV's "Texas This Week," Editor Scott Braddock and anchor Ashley Goudeau talked about state budget challenges that may be ahead in 2027 given a rough econmomy and exploding costs of tax compression and school vouchers
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July 17, 2026 3:54 PM
Lisa Craven is already out. We’re told the former Senator told top staff this week they’d be judged on how Christian they are and the office plans to keep legislators in the dark as long as possible leading up to the revenue estimate prior to session
It’s hard
to have meetings without leaks around here, ain’t it?
As he
prepares to take the reins next month at the Office of Texas Comptroller
of Public Accounts, multiple sources tell Quorum Report that
former Sen. Don Huffines had a meeting with the top staff there earlier
this week and it was uncomfortable to say the least.
Here’s how
it unfolded, per those sources.
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July 17, 2026 9:32 AM
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July 16, 2026 3:41 PM
James Russell is breaking it all down for you
Editor’s
note: Since initial publication of this story, many more reports have become available.
The article is updated throughout – SB
If I had
to choose between World Cup match Wednesday afternoon and the July semiannual
campaign finance reports, I’d still choose my time-honored tradition of
providing you the closest we can get to the Page 6 of campaign finance
roundups. Why not both, though? Much of this was typed out on the computer with
the game on in the background.
Looking through
the reports, Democrats are getting aggressive in their campaign spending up and
down the ballot, but the Republican ticket led financially but Gov. Greg Abbott
are ready with the cash they’ll need. That’s even though their US Senate
nominee Ken Paxton trails in fundraising of his own.
Legislatively,
much of the focus is on holding the Texas Senate seat held by Sen. Taylor
Rehmet and trying to flip Texas House seats. But it’s worth
considering: two of the Democratic incumbents in tight races this fall voted
for Speaker Dustin Burrows. Some might argue there’s no point in
flipping seats if all power is ceded to the majority party anyway. Other
seasoned veterans would say a Texas House with a more balanced partisan
configuration is a different body altogether.
Cynicism mostly aside, here’s what we have so far.
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July 16, 2026 1:48 PM
Talarico has challenged Paxton to three debates; Paxton's campaign said he will take part in as least one exchange but the details will have to be worked out
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