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In Champaign County, Illinois, residents raise their hands in support of a data center moratorium at a county board meeting on April 23, 2026.

Abigail Bottar

Harvest Public Media

As people protest data centers across the Heartland, lawmakers rush to regulate development

Abigail Bottar

Development of large-scale data centers is booming across the Midwest and South. As some communities push back, local and state governments are trying to catch up on how to regulate the new development.

FILE PHOTO: A herd of cattle roam a pasture, a day after the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed that New World screwworm was detected in a Texas calf, in La Pryor, Texas, U.S. June 4, 2026.

Kaylee Greenlee

REUTERS

USDA confirms two more New World screwworm cases in Texas

TPR Staff

Alpine, pictured here in 2020, is one of over 130 Texas towns and cities to receive letters from the state attorney general's office notifying them that they are prohibited from raising ad valorem taxes above the no-new-revenue tax rate.

Sarah M. Vasquez

The Texas Tribune

Texas now requires cities to do an audit before raising property taxes. Some small towns can’t afford it.

Joshua Fechter

Nearly 11% of Texas children under the age of 6 are uninsured, according to a new report by Georgetown University's Center for Children and Families.

Patricia Lim

KUT News

More of Texas' youngest kids are becoming uninsured, new research shows

Olivia Aldridge

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June 9th, 2026

The KTTZ News Team

A Texas court has given Texas Tech University quarterback Brendan Sorsby temporary permission to play in the 2026 football season. Sorsby will be allowed to practice with the team, but the judge ruled he will not play the first two games of Tech’s season. This injunction does not settle Sorsby’s lawsuit against the NCAA. Federal and state officials are taking an active and response to New World Screwworm detections now confirmed across South and West Texas.

May 2026 Texas primary runoff nominees from left to right: Kevin Pounds, Alison Fox, Tom Sell, Traci Baxa, Jordan Rackler.

Lubbock County election results in May 2026 primary runoffs

Republicans in Lubbock County have their party’s official candidates for the November general election for several offices including Texas’ Congressional District 19 and county commissioners for Precincts 2 and 4.