Sulphur Springs Swaps Developer on $1.2M Data Center Project Amid Lawsuits
The Sulphur Springs City Council voted Tuesday to change its agreements for a 3,000-megawatt data center project and phase out its current developer.
The Sulphur Springs City Council voted Tuesday to change its agreements for a 3,000-megawatt data center project and phase out its current developer.
Austin attorney and former Travis County Judge Bill Aleshire joined the Taxpayer Empowerment podcast to critique the financial evolution and legal standing of Project Connect, Austin's multi-billion dollar transit initiative.
A Texas developer has filed a federal lawsuit against Hill County, asking a judge to strike down a one-year data center moratorium that county officials openly acknowledged they believed was illegal before voting to approve it.
The new Select Committee on Government Oversight will take invited and public testimony on local-ordinance conflicts under the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act and on whether governmental immunity statute needs an update.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked a Travis County district court to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the City of McKinney that seeks to validate $30 million in airport bonds.
A formal opinion request asking whether Texas counties have the legal authority to pause data center construction has been under review at the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) for more than three months.
The Port Arthur City Council voted unanimously on May 5 to ban eight-liner gambling machines and the game rooms that house them.
The Supreme Court of Texas has conditionally granted a petition for writ of mandamus filed by Attorney General Ken Paxton, directing a Travis County district court to formally rule on the state’s jurisdictional challenge against the City of Austin's multi-billion dollar "Project Connect" light rail financing mechanism.
Williamson County commissioners voted 4–0 on May 19, 2026, to purchase approximately 250 acres of land in southeast Georgetown for $75.8 million to house a new jail and justice center.
Williamson County commissioners are scheduled to vote May 19, 2026, on $135 million in debt financing for a planned justice complex, a project officials estimate could eventually reach $600 million.