Daily Archives: June 6, 2026

National Dems to help target Texas House seats

Posted on June 6, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

Good. Keep it up. National Democrats on Wednesday unveiled their most ambitious list of targets in the Texas House in years, adding a dozen districts, on top of three previously announced seats, to their battleground docket for the fall midterms. … Continue reading →

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Here come the screwworms

Posted on June 6, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

In case you missed it. The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Wednesday confirmed the country’s first case of New World screwworm — the parasitic fly poised to harm the state’s $15 billion cattle industry — in South Texas. The USDA … Continue reading →

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Hill County undoes its data center moratorium

Posted on June 6, 2026 by Charles Kuffner

Nothing like a big lawsuit to force the issue. A rural North Texas county that appears to be the first in the state to pass a data center moratorium has rescinded the measure after being sued by a developer for … Continue reading →

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