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New Rules for Data Centers

-Abbott Directs Regulators To Make Data Centers Pay Their Own Infrastructure Costs -Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Touts Border Wall Progress -Houston Homeless Hub Begins Soft Opening Under Harris Center Management

Explicit Books in Talarico’s Church

-Sexually Explicit Books Found in Library of Talarico’s Austin Church -Islamic Groups in Texas Public Universities Tied to Iran and China -Pro-Landowner Nonprofit Seeks Pause on Determining Need for Transmission Line

Texas Honors Cross-Dresser

-State Historical Marker Honors Drag Performer, Details Cross-Dressing Act -Second Capitol Staffer Confirms Past Relationship With Talarico -Public Utility Commission To Hear Landowners’ Appeal of Controversial Transmission Line

The Latest on the New World Screwworm

-Feds Move Quickly To Contain New World Screwworm Case in South Texas -Delegates to Weigh Future of Texas GOP’s Pro-Life Platform -High School Volleyball Coach Arrested for Sexual Misconduct

Are Cities Breaking the Law?

-Three Years Later, Lawmakers Question Cities’ Compliance With State Preemption Law -Admitted Texas Vote Fraudster Still Free After Losing Appeal -Samsung to Move US Headquarters to North Texas