DALLAS, Five Dallas City Council members asked in an Aug. 11, 2026 memorandum for a public hearing path to rewrite how the city regulates hyperscale data centers, which today are commonly slotted as “communications exchange facilities” allowed by right in many nonresidential zones under Dallas Development Code Section 51A-4.212(4). Councilmember Chad West’s filing, joined by … Read more
FORT WORTH, Trinity Metro’s adopted Fiscal Year 2026 operating budget plans $203.3 million in operating revenue and $174.1 million in operating expenses, with sales-tax receipts covering about 59% of that revenue base, according to the agency’s FY26 Budget Book. Fort Worth sales-tax revenue alone is budgeted at $118.9 million. Combined sales-tax contributions from Grapevine and … Read more
PLANO , The North Texas Tollway Authority’s FY2026 Final Budget plans about $1.39 billion in NTTA System revenues, including $1.31 billion from tolls, while budgeting $273.1 million for the Operation and Maintenance Fund that keeps lanes open and customers served. NTTA does not collect property taxes. Tolls, service fees, and investment income fund the system. … Read more
AUSTIN / DALLAS-FORT WORTH , Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton opened a statewide investigation on Sept. 24, 2026, into hundreds of data center developments that have not answered the Texas Water Development Board’s water-use survey, and the Office of the Attorney General’s county list expressly includes Dallas and Tarrant. The probe is about reporting compliance, … Read more
LEWISVILLE , The Denton County Transportation Authority’s adopted Fiscal Year 2026 Operating and Capital Budget puts $54,251,832 toward operations and $26,062,345 toward capital, with sales tax budgeted at $41 million from the half-cent collected in member cities Denton, Highland Village, and Lewisville. That sales-tax line is the largest single revenue source in the book. DCTA … Read more
COLLIN COUNTY , Oncor is pushing a multi-year package of electric reliability upgrades across fast-growing Collin County, with construction in and around Princeton that the utility said would begin the week of Aug. 24, 2026, plus related work in McKinney, Celina, and other communities named on its Collin County service improvements page. The utility frames … Read more
Project Taurus data center — Colorado Springs, Colo. — Colorado Springs City Council voted 7-2 on Thursday, Sept. 17, 2026, to postpone a final decision on Project Taurus—a proposed 50-megawatt AI data center by California-based Raeden at a former chip plant near Garden of the Gods Road and Centennial Boulevard—until April 13, 2027. The delay … Read more
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Unified School District enrollment has fallen steeply again—about 4 percent this year—forcing a sharper debate over LAUSD school closures even as the Board of Education keeps approving hundreds of millions in campus rebuilds funded by voter-backed bonds. The Los Angeles Times’ Howard Blume reported on Sept. 16, 2026, that district … Read more
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Costa Mesa City Council voted 7-0 near midnight Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2026, to approve a land-use framework for the former Fairview Developmental Center that sets a minimum of 2,300 homes—including 920 affordable units, of which 200 are permanent supportive housing, plus 690 moderate-income homes—while still allowing a path toward as many … Read more
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio — Youngstown City Council failed Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2026, to approve a $350,000 economic-stability grant for the struggling Sparkle Market in Cornersburg after a rare 3-3 tie, with Councilwoman Amber White (I-7th Ward) abstaining on advice from the city law department. A tie is not a majority, so the ordinance failed; any future … Read more