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Manvel City Council Votes Unanimously To End Flock Safety Contract
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (730+ words) Manvel will stop using Flock Safety's license plate reader cameras following a unanimous vote Tuesday to terminate the city's contract. The Manvel City Council voted 6-0 to end the city’s contract with Flock Safety, directing staff to send the company a…...
Top Regulator Recommends Remanding Transmission Project to Administrative Law Judges
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (811+ words) Thomas Gleeson wrote judges did not address questions of state and federal standards and congestion cost savings. Thomas Gleeson, chairman of Texas’ Public Utility Commission, recommended commissioners remand a proposed 765-kilovolt transmission line back to the State Office of Administrative…...
Lubbock City Council Moves To Regulate Data Center Construction
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (343+ words) Council members are expected to consider new regulations over the coming weeks. Lubbock City Council members passed a nonbinding resolution directing city staff to propose standards addressing infrastructure and resource concerns before any new large-scale data centers are built in…...
Bastrop City Council Votes To End Flock Camera Contract
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (434+ words) Council members proposed restrictions on any future ALPR contracts in addition to the cancellation. Bastrop City Council voted Tuesday to end its contract with Flock Safety cameras. The decision comes a week after the council unanimously voted to cover its…...
Harris County Moves To Hike Tax Rate
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (422+ words) A divided Harris County Commissioners Court voted to raise the county’s property tax rate to help close a deficit now in its fourth consecutive year. Harris County commissioners voted 3-2 Tuesday to move forward with the highest property tax rate in…...
DOJ Now Requires All Texas Agencies To Report Illegal Aliens for Certain Funding
4+ day, 5+ hour ago (453+ words) The legal opinion changes Clinton-era language that previously limited reporting requirements to the state agencies that administer funds. A new legal opinion dictates that all state agencies must report knowledge of illegal aliens to receive certain forms of federal funding....
Despite Lawmakers’ Saying Stop, Regulators Move Forward on Controversial 765-kV Lines
2+ week, 13+ hour ago (827+ words) Attorney General Ken Paxton joins coalition calling for commissioners to abate applications so the legislature can take over. AUSTIN—Texas’ Public Utility Commissioners voted to move forward on the first of three controversial extra-high-voltage transmission lines. They did this despite…...
Conroe Officials Cite Threats After Council Rejected Flock Camera Ballot Proposal
2+ week, 3+ day ago (576+ words) The council voted down a plan to let residents decide the fate of the city's Flock Safety cameras. Two Conroe City Council members say they’ve faced threats and harassment since the council voted down a proposal to put the city’s…...
Lawmaker Highlights 'Flawed' Transmission Line Application Process and Late-Noticed Landowners
2+ week, 4+ day ago (629+ words) State Rep. Ken King wrote that testimony at a recent Texas House committee hearing showed that electricity delivery company Oncor had left out 1,400 landowners from public meetings about its proposed 765-kilovolt transmission line “until the last minute.” He noted that…...
Fifth Circuit Dismisses Tren de Aragua Deportation Challenge as Moot
2+ week, 4+ day ago (625+ words) The dismissal failed to answer whether the Trump administration was right to invoke the Alien Enemies Act for such deportations. A Trump administration proclamation invoked the 1798 Alien Enemies Act against alleged members of Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang. Three aliens…...