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Public Services & Infrastructure
Oncor projects a roughly 20% larger 2027–2031 base capital plan. Data-center requests, customer collateral and a pending large-load review leave important cost questions unresolved.
Public Services & Infrastructure
Residents can identify safety concerns, traffic problems and roadway needs along the highway from Carrizo Springs to the Oklahoma state line. The study is a planning effort, not a construction authorization.
Public Services & Infrastructure
Researchers were already considering machines that could improve themselves in 1955. Today, AI helps develop computing algorithms, advanced models are improving rapidly, and the infrastructure supporting them is expanding. The next question is whether those developments will reinforce one another — and what they will mean for Texans.
Public Services & Infrastructure
The draft assessment identifies about 416 acres of new right of way for Phase 1. Public comments are due November 13.
Public Services & Infrastructure
An emergency declaration signed October 22 restricts outdoor burning in Tyler County’s unincorporated areas, including trash, brush and open campfires. The order contains specific exceptions, and violations can carry fines of up to $500.
Public Money & Accountability
Federal prosecutors allege the district failed to make required educator-misconduct reports while receiving special education funding. The agreement imposes new spending, reporting, training and oversight requirements, but Dallas ISD denies the allegations.
Texas Law & Rights Education
Texas law requires motorists to stop for school buses displaying their required warning signals, but the rules for divided highways are more specific than many drivers realize.
Public Services & Infrastructure
Independent studies document improvements in livestock production, agricultural practices and household diets in evaluated Heifer International programs. A chance encounter at a Texas retail store prompted a closer examination of the organization’s mission, finances and measurable results.
Public Money & Accountability
Railroad Commission records show more drilling permits issued in September 2026, even as the number of oil and gas completion reports processed by state regulators remained substantially below September 2025 levels.
Elections & Public Trust
The fourth Governor Record installment compares grid reforms, data-center restrictions and electricity-bill proposals from Abbott and Hinojosa, with Dixon’s documented position assessed separately.
Government & Legislation
Texas is investigating data-center developments over alleged water-use reporting failures in 18 counties. Names and an exact count remain undisclosed.
