| 2026-08-27 | ICE Awards GardaWorld $17.3M to Convert an East Side San Antonio Warehouse into a Detention Facility
2 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement · GardaWorld Federal Services · Department of Homeland Security | | 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 |
| 2026-08-17 | Bell County, TX Tables Data-Center Abatement Repeal as Judge Blackburn Warns It Would Forfeit All Leverage
3 src Meta | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-12 | Fifth Circuit Panel Restores Nine Texas SB 1 Voting Provisions on Standing Grounds Weeks Before Midterms
3 src Ken Paxton · Texas Legislature | | confirmed |
| 2026-08-12 | Texas Tribune Investigation: 60+ Children Held 100+ Days at Dilley, Five Times the Flores Settlement's 20-Day Cap
2 src CoreCivic | | 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 |
| 2026-06-22 | Archer County TX Unanimously Denies Tax Abatement for Google's 2,800-Acre 'Project Raptor' Data Center
3 src Google | | 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 |
| 2026-05-26 | Trump-Endorsed Ken Paxton Defeats Incumbent Sen. John Cornyn in Texas GOP Senate Primary Runoff; Loyalty-Over-Institutionalism Purge of In-Party Dissenter
3 src Ken Paxton · Donald Trump | | confirmed |
| 2026-05-12 | Hill County TX Adopts, Then Rescinds Under $100M Federal Suit, the First Texas County Data-Center Moratorium — the Case Now Shaping Bell County and Fort Worth's Cautious Posture
7 src | | confirmed |
| 2026-04-25 | Texas Federal Judge Halts Deportation of El Gamal Family After 10+ Months at Dilley Detention
1 src Immigration and Customs Enforcement | | 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 |
| confirmed |
| 2026-01-21 | El Paso Medical Examiner Rules Cuban ICE Detainee Geraldo Lunas Campos's Death a Homicide; Witness Says Guards Choked Him
6 src Camp East Montana · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security | | confirmed |
| 2026-01-07 | DHS Secretary Noem Announces 500 Miles of Rio Grande Buoy Barriers
2 src Kristi Noem · DHS (Department of Homeland Security) | | confirmed |
| 2025-12-04 | Supreme Court Reinstates Texas Mid-Decade Congressional Map Designed for Republican Advantage Despite Racial Gerrymandering Findings
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 |
| 2025-08-11 | Texas Public Utility Commission sues AG Ken Paxton to block release of Bitcoin miner facility data; invokes terrorism threat to shield SB 1929 registration records from journalists
2 src Public Utility Commission of Texas · Ken Paxton |
| 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 |
| 2025-03-17 | First Criminal Charges Filed Under Texas Abortion Ban: Midwife Faces 20 Years
3 src Ken Paxton | | confirmed |
| 2025-03-15 | HSI Supervisory Agent Fatally Shoots US Citizen Ruben Ray Martinez at South Padre Island Traffic Scene; ICE Involvement Concealed for 11 Months
7 src Homeland Security Investigations · Immigration and Customs Enforcement · Department of Homeland Security · American Oversight | | confirmed |
| 2025-02-20 | Study Finds 50% Spike in Pregnancy-Related Sepsis and Deaths in Texas After Abortion Ban
3 src |
| confirmed |
| 2023-09-06 | Riot Platforms discloses $31.7M in ERCOT power and demand-response credits for August 2023 — record single-month curtailment payout to a Bitcoin miner
2 src ERCOT |
| confirmed |
| 2023-05-30 | Texas SB 1751 — which would have capped Bitcoin miner demand-response participation at 10% — dies in House State Affairs Committee after passing Senate 30–1; industry lobbying preserves unlimited subsidy access
4 src Texas Legislature |
| confirmed |
| 2022-10-12 | Senators Markey and Warren open congressional inquiry into ERCOT subsidies for Bitcoin miners; cite $9.5M Riot July 2022 payment exceeding Bitcoin revenue; project up to $170M in annual miner payouts
2 src Ed Markey · Elizabeth Warren · Sheldon Whitehouse · Dick Durbin · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2022-02-14 | Rio Grande Council of Governments, Texas launches first i3-compliant cloud-native 911 system with Carbyne
3 src Carbyne |
| confirmed |
| 2020-12-16 | Texas Leads 10-State Lawsuit: Google-Facebook "Jedi Blue" Collusion
4 src Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton · Google · Facebook · Mark Zuckerberg · +1 |
| confirmed |
| 2017-04-11 | Federal Court Rules Texas Voter ID Law Intentionally Discriminatory Against Minorities
4 src Texas Legislature · Federal Courts |
| confirmed |
| 2013-03-11 | Federal Court Rules Texas 2011 Redistricting Intentionally Discriminated Against Latino Voters
4 src Texas Legislature · Republican Party |
| confirmed |
| 2005-09-28 | House Majority Leader Tom DeLay Indicted for Money Laundering and Conspiracy
3 src Tom DeLay |
| confirmed |
| 1944-04-03 | Smith v. Allwright: Supreme Court Strikes Down White Primaries, Opening Democratic Party to Black Voters
3 src U.S. Supreme Court · Thurgood Marshall · NAACP Legal Defense Fund |
| confirmed |