State-mandated financial disclosures filed in February require candidates and elected officials to detail all of the executive roles in businesses they hold.
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Curated articles from the Texas Tribune of interest to San Angelo, the Concho Valley and West Texas
IDE Technologies hopes to revolutionize—and privatizesupply of water.
From the Texas Tribune: In recent weeks, Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton have adopted increasingly tough rhetoric against data centers, promising to crack down on hundreds of facilities that failed to disclose required information about their water use over the past five years.
But the law that Texas political leaders are invoking carries a maximum fine of just $500 — a potentially negligible penalty that’s just a blip for large companies.
TRIBUNE: State Rep. Drew Darby, R-San Angelo, on Tuesday berated Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian for failing to appear before a legislative panel scheduled to discuss, among other things, the agency’s decision to eliminate public comment during its meetings.
The former Tarrant County GOP chair, who has called for the deportation of 100 million people which would include U.S. citizens, said the scene shows “how many Americans have been displaced by foreigners. I heard UT graduation this year looked like this,” French said in a post with a photo of the students. “I didn’t believe it. The problem is now obviously far worse than anyone imagined.”
The Public Utility Commission of Texas will consider approving the buildout of three 765-kilovolt transmission lines spanning nearly 800 miles — roughly the size of Texas’ largest congressional district — to deliver electricity to the oil and gas industry and support the state’s booming industrial sector.
Trump Administration to Withold $9.8 Billion in Medicaid Funding from Texas