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Hundreds of data centers are coming to Texas. Here's what you need to know.
Texas is experiencing an AI-driven data center boom with at least 248 projects planned statewide. Here’s what to know about the industry’s rapid growth and the debate over its impact.
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7mSpaceX to build $24 billion data center in South Texas, sidestepping moratorium
The city of Starbase has scheduled a public hearing on a possible tax abatement agreement for the data center and power plant project.
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5mLt. Gov.-elect Vikki Goodwin taps bipartisan transition team as she prepares to lead a GOP-majority Senate
A week after unseating GOP incumbent Dan Patrick, the Austin Democrat announced a team that included Patrick’s former rivals on both sides of the aisle, along with several registered lobbyists.
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10mAfter Democratic wins, Texas could more closely review deaths related to the abortion ban
The state’s maternal mortality committee could provide one of the few windows into the impact of the state’s abortion ban.
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2mKen Paxton drops lawsuit seeking to shut down immigration aid group FIEL Houston
The Texas attorney general also ended his effort to dissolve Annunciation House, another immigrant-serving nonprofit, as he prepares to leave office in January.
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3mJames Sullivan, recently defeated Texas Supreme Court justice, nominated to federal bench by Trump
The Republican jurist lost his seat on Texas’ highest civil court in last week’s Democratic wipeout.