1+ week, 4+ day ago   (594+ words) An unfinished data center campus and substation is seen behind a home along Stainback Road in Red Oak, Wednesday, June 24, 2026. Transmission lines carry power across a field that is for sale in the foreground. With two operational, one under construction…...

1+ mon, 18+ hour ago   (301+ words) Houston voters will choose whether to de-prioritize enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and ban Houston police from carrying out no-knock warrants in November after the city determined activists had collected enough signatures to put the item on the ballot. If…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (562+ words) Houston voters could decide this fall whether to amend the city charter to deprioritize enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses and ban police from carrying out no-knock warrants after activists submitted nearly 40,000 petition signatures to City Hall. The referendum would thrust…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (767+ words) by Paul Cobler, The Texas Tribune July 27, 2026 Texas’ multibillion-dollar estimate for what it will lose on sales tax breaks for data centers is growing, but the Comptroller’s Office warned lawmakers on Monday they have little information about whether data centers…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (480+ words) Texas has named its secretary of state and chief election officer months before the November midterm elections, as the current one leaves office after three years. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott named Robert Howden as the state's 116th secretary of state, as…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1047+ words) Texas Democrats spent their 3-day convention in Corpus Christi rallying party activists, training volunteers and making the case for Democratic policies and candidates across the state ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. Thousands of people filled the stands of the Hilliard…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (773+ words) Just ahead of closely contested midterms, Texas is about to get a new top voting official. Many locals there fear the frontrunner is a state lawmaker and pastor with no election experience. Just months ahead of closely contested midterm elections,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (528+ words) (NewsNation) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott says data centers coming to the state must bring their own power and reuse their own water. In Nov. 2025, Google said it was investing $40 billion to build three massive AI data centers in Texas — the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago   (87+ words) Breaking news and analysis on politics, business, world, national news, entertainment and more. In-depth DC, Virginia, Maryland news coverage including traffic, weather, crime, education, restaurant reviews and more. Texas is often first to introduce proposed legislation that is copied by…...

3+ mon, 2+ day ago   (353+ words) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this month approved moving forward with the deal with SpaceX, which would surrender 683 acres (276 hectares) the company owns in exchange for federal land in the Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge. The 103,000-acre (41,700-hectare)…...