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Big Tech's "local control" con

Underfunded local governments are no match when data center developers come calling

Salon · Aug 31

USHCC's 47th National Conference: Fort Worth Prepares to Host Thousands for Major U.S. Hispanic Business Summit

USHCC's 47th National Conference hits Fort Worth Sept. 14-16 with a full agenda now live and speakers like Ken Salazar and Ross Perot Jr. confirmed.

Latin Times · Aug 27

Former U.S. Rep. Kay Granger dies at 83

Granger was the first GOP woman from Texas to be elected to Congress, where she served for nearly three decades.

The Texas Tribune · Aug 3

Moderate Republican Tony Gonzales fails to clinch GOP nomination, forced into runoff

State Rep. Craig Goldman and business owner John O’Shea are competing to replace U.S. Rep. Kay Granger. Brandon Gill won the GOP nomination to replace Michael Burgess.

The Texas Tribune · Mar 6, 2024

As Texans struggle with housing costs, cities look for new ways to spur more home construction

In cities dominated by single-family neighborhoods, local leaders across Texas want a broader variety of housing to combat the affordability crisis.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 10, 2023

Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson switches to Republican Party

Though the mayor’s position in Dallas is technically nonpartisan, Johnson joins Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker as one of two Republican mayors to lead a major Texas city.

The Texas Tribune · Sep 22, 2023

3 dead, 8 wounded in shooting as holiday violence flares again in Fort Worth neighborhood

FORT WORTH, Texas — Three people were killed and eight were wounded late Monday when gunmen fired indiscriminately into a crowd at a Como parking lot following the west Fort Worth neighborhood’s annual celebration on the eve of Fourth of July.

Tribune News Service · Jul 5, 2023

‘Change their mind’: People can be taught to love, civil rights icon Opal Lee says on day to celebrate freedom

FORT WORTH, Texas — Amid temperatures that felt like 104, Opal Lee completed her “Walk for Freedom” on Monday and called for people to make a change in others.

Tribune News Service · Jun 19, 2023

Dallas, Fort Worth and San Antonio mayors easily win reelection

The three big-city mayors faced little opposition in their reelection bids.

The Texas Tribune · May 6, 2023

Progressive causes lose big in San Antonio and El Paso charter elections

San Antonio voters rejected by wide margins an effort to decriminalize abortion and require police to issue citations rather than make arrests for some nonviolent offenses. In El Paso, an effort to wean the city from fossil fuels fared similarly poorly.

The Texas Tribune · May 6, 2023