The Republican attorney general is starting a tour next week to promote the plan, which would create new housing and healthcare tax write-offs.
Many of the roughly 80,000 Texas residents in the program are facing renewal delays that can leave them undocumented, unable to legally work and exposed to possible deportation.
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The secretary of state told counties to immediately reinstate any Texans who were removed from the voter roll despite showing DPS proof of citizenship.
Despite community concerns, the president of the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance said neither piece of land would be conducive for a data center.
Republican business leaders said immigration raids on the Latino community would be top of mind at the ballot box in the midterm elections.
Students and professors who say SB 37 led to censorship are holding a news conference before the Texas Senate’s hearing.
Hiring and spending will be impacted, college administrators say. The performance-based model is proving unpredictable in its early years.
Out of 138 data centers that qualified for the tax break, only 20 have been audited so far. Six facilities were found to be out of compliance.
The request comes after Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Public Utility Commission of Texas and Electric Reliability Council of Texas to further regulate data centers’ use of the power grid.
The panel did not say why it was looking into the Terrell Republican, noting only that the matter was referred last month by the Office of Congressional Conduct.