What We're Reading

Economic Development Resources (Texas Association of Counties)

State-led property tax reform threatens county services (National Association of Counties)

NACo Informational Primer and County Considerations: Data Centers (National Association of Counties)

Tech money is flowing to Texas lawmakers as data center backlash grows (Houston Chronicle)

How One Texas County Struck a Deal With Its Data Centers (Texas Monthly)

Capital Highlights (Texas Press Association)

Texas needs at least $174 billion to avoid water crisis, state says (The Texas Tribune)

Texas lawmakers want to annex part of New Mexico. It's about something else entirely. (Houston Chronicle)

Texas officials are battling to block the leader of an attempted Loving County government takeover (Houston Chronicle)

Part 1: Hands-On Telehealth Helps Reach Rural Texas Communities (The Daily Yonder)

Part 2: Hands-On Telehealth Helps Reach Rural Texas Communities (The Daily Yonder)

Texas counties receive subpoenas for voters' records from Department of Homeland Security (Votebeat Texas)

Half of All Rural Counties Are Losing Population. What Is Contributing to Those Declines? (The Daily Yonder)