Area News
Fed up with data centers and Big Tech, rural Republican crossover could decide Democrats’ fate in Texas
By Eleanor Klibanoff and Apurva Mahajan, The Texas Tribune October 23, 2026 NAVASOTA — Joie Miller moved to rural Grimes County to raise her daughter hunting, fishing and spending time with her grandparents on their 100-acre ranch. Then Elon Musk announced he was constructing the world’s largest building a little more than a mile from…
Read MoreOp-Ed: My Town Passed a Data Center Moratorium. Yours Can, Too.
In an already water-stressed part of the country, the last thing we need are hyperscale data centers overburdening our supply. By Jamie Jeffery | October 21, 2026 I’m the Mayor of Lochbuie, Colorado, and my residents are worried about our water supply. So we passed a five-year moratorium on AI data centers. Your town can,…
Read MoreOp-Ed: Made in America, Built on Main Street
U.S. SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION OPINION EDITORIAL Oct. 22, 2026. by Annie Spilman (SBA Regional Administrator – South Central) Across Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, small manufacturers are the heartbeat of our local economies. For the “mom-and-pop” shops that power our towns, operating on thin margins means every single penny counts. From…
Read MoreUnitree unveils H2-X robot
This is wild… 🤯 Unitree just unveiled H2-X, and it’s an absolute beast. Spinning kicks, aerial flips, powerful knee and elbow strikes. It jumps from a 4-meter platform onto mats, rolls with the impact, and gets back up. That whole sequence is a serious test of joint strength and whole-body control. The launch video even…
Read MorePersimmon named newest Texas Superstar plant Low-maintenanc
Low-maintenance fruit tree brings easy care and vibrant fall color to Texas landscapes – by Adam Russell The Oriental persimmon, a small, easy-to-grow fruit tree prized for its near-total freedom from insect and disease pests, has been named the newest Texas Superstar plant. Persimmons are known for their intensely sweet fruit, and are a low-maintenance…
Read MoreTexas Secretary of State: Election Information & Turnout Data
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Analysis: Trump deportations near 1M, but few are criminals
By Tim Henderson, Stateline October 22, 2026 The current Trump administration claims its mass deportation efforts have expelled nearly a million people through July of this year, but those include both voluntary returns and people turned around at the border, according to a new analysis by the former chief statistician for the Department of Homeland Security.…
Read MoreE-bikes now rival motorcycles for speed. State and city laws haven’t caught up.
By Anna Claire Vollers, Stateline October 21, 2026 Earlier this month, a 50-year-old man riding his personal electric scooter in Washington, D.C., was killed when he collided with a woman on a rideshare scooter. In June, a 12-year-old Massachusetts girl died after her electric scooter slammed into a school bus in a suburb of Boston.…
Read MoreA record number of women are running for state legislatures this year
By Kevin Hardy, Stateline October 22, 2026 A record number of women are running for state legislative seats this November, more than two-thirds of whom are Democrats. Across the 46 states with legislative seats on the ballot, a total of 3,824 women are running — up from 2022’s previous record of 3,621 women candidates, according…
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