Greg Abbott’s CAIR Terrorist Designation Looks Awfully Similar to an Anti-Muslim Think Tank’s Work

Nicholas Gutteridge 3h agoTM

Months before the governor’s proclamation, a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy emailed DPS a report that levies similar evidence against the Muslim civil rights group.

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Why Midland’s Robin Hood School Funding Suit Matters to Dallas

Last week, Midland ISD announced it would sue the state over its method of state funding known as Robin Hood. The district’s board of trustees voted unanimously to file the suit, reasoning that the property tax relief measures the Texas Legislature has enacted over the years have tied the hands of districts when it comes … Continued The post Why Midland’s Robin Hood School Funding Suit Matters to Dallas appeared first on D Magazine.

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Surveillance video shows confrontation between Wilmer City Councilman, Black man at gas station

Surveillance footage obtained by FOX 4 from a Shell gas station in Wilmer shows the confrontation between Wilmer City Council Member Moses Garcia and Rickey Jackson, a Black man.Wilmer officials arrestedWilmer City Council Member Moses Garcia was arrested and charged with making a terroristic threat after a July 22 confrontation at a Shell gas station.Surveillance video from the Shell station shows Garcia threatening Rickey Jackson, a Black man, at the gas station, and using racial slurs during the confrontation.Garcia can also be heard making statements claiming responsibility for removing Wilmer's police chief, mayor, and other personnel from their offices."He said he's got a bunch more he's going to fire." Rickey Jackson, the man who claims Garcia threatened him and used racial slurs towards him, tells FOX 4's Peyton Yager he's known Garcia for years."Whatever goes on down there, I don't know anything about it. I don't know why you are messing with me," Jackson continued."I wasn't b

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Texas lawmakers reconsider tax incentives for data centers

Twelve years ago, Texas started offering big tax exemptions to entice new data centers. Now, the political climate has changed, and lawmakers say it’s time to reconsider those tax breaks.Debate over data center tax breaksA law that took effect in 2014 allows large tax breaks to entice new data centers to Texas. During the first six years after the law passed, only 10 data centers held exempt status.However, following the pandemic, the state experienced a boom in new facilities. According to the Texas Comptroller's Office, there are now 138 data centers across the state with tax exemptions, and five more applications are pending. That growth accounts for an estimated $3.3 billion in projected tax revenue the state expects to lose.On Monday morning, a Senate committee held a hearing on data centers to discuss the exemptions, with officials from the comptroller's office testifying first. Although the Texas Legislature does not return to Austin until January, the debate over data centers h

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