| 2026-09-21 | Texas Gov. Abbott Directs TCEQ to Halt All Data Center Permits Until ERCOT and TWDB Audits Are Complete
2 src Greg Abbott · ERCOT · Public Utility Commission of Texas | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-27 | ICE Agent Christian Castro Walks Free in Texas After Abbott Sits on Minnesota's Extradition Warrant for 90 Days
4 src Christian Castro · Greg Abbott · Tim Walz · Keith Ellison · +2 | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-18 | Brazos County Approves 4-0 Transfer of $700M RELLIS Data Center Tax Abatement to ThisWay Global After Abbott Audit Order
4 src Greg Abbott · ERCOT | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-18 | Brazos County Transfers RELLIS Data Center Abatement to ThisWay Global, Returning Half the Value to Tax Rolls
2 src Greg Abbott | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-03 | Gov. Abbott Freezes Texas Data Center Grid Connections, Orders ERCOT/PUCT Audit
3 src Greg Abbott · ERCOT · Public Utility Commission of Texas · Meta Platforms · +4 | | confirmed |
| 2026-06-10 | Gov. Abbott directs PUCT to require data centers to fully fund own electric infrastructure; PUCT must act to reduce residential transmission costs by July 31, 2026
4 src Greg Abbott · Public Utility Commission of Texas · ERCOT |
| confirmed |
| 2026-04-27 | Supreme Court Summarily Reverses District Court Judgment Against Texas Congressional Map in Abbott v. LULAC, No. 25-845; Sotomayor, Kagan and Jackson Dissent
2 src Supreme Court of the United States · Greg Abbott · Sonia Sotomayor · Elena Kagan · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-03-16 | PUCT issues draft report in Project 58484 recommending Texas shift from 4CP to multi-peak transmission cost methodology — final rules required by December 31, 2026
4 src Public Utility Commission of Texas · ERCOT · Greg Abbott |
| reported |
| 2026-03-02 | Texas School Prayer Law SB 11 Deadline Passes; Most Districts Decline to Adopt Daily Prayer Periods
3 src Texas Legislature · Greg Abbott |
| confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | Supreme Court Stays Order Blocking Texas's 2025 Congressional Map Pending Appeal; Justices Kagan, Sotomayor and Jackson Dissent
7 src Supreme Court of the United States · Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas Legislature · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2025-08-20 | Texas Governor Signs Law Banning Local Government Abortion Travel Assistance
3 src Greg Abbott · Ken Paxton · Texas Legislature | | confirmed |
| 2025-08-18 | Texas Democrats End 2-Week Standoff, Return for Trump-Ordered Redistricting Vote
3 src Texas House Democrats · Greg Abbott · Ken Paxton · Donald Trump |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-25 | Texas Legislature passes redistricting without Democrats present
5 src Texas Legislature · Greg Abbott · Texas House Democrats |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-15 | Trump demands Texas conduct mid-cycle redistricting for 5 new GOP seats
4 src Donald Trump · Greg Abbott · Texas Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-04 | Musk's Lobbying Team Secures Sweeping Legislative Wins in Texas
3 src Elon Musk · Greg Abbott · Texas Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 2025-07-01 | Texas Democrats Flee State to Block Trump-Requested Mid-Cycle Gerrymandering
3 src Greg Abbott · Donald Trump · Texas House Democrats · Texas Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 2025-06-20 | Texas Gov. Abbott signs SB 6 — large-load (≥75 MW) interconnection reform; mandatory remote-disconnect / curtailment for entrants post Dec 31 2025; bellwether state model for the federal FERC ANOPR
6 src Greg Abbott · Public Utility Commission of Texas · ERCOT · Texas Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 2024-11-19 | Texas offers Trump 1,402 acres for deportation facilities in "Jocelyn Initiative"
3 src Donald Trump · Tom Homan · Greg Abbott |
| confirmed |