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Texas Politicos Praise Trump at First Rally in Texas Since Presidential Defeat - Reporting Texas

Texas Politicos Praise Trump at First Rally in Texas Since Presidential Defeat - Reporting Texas

Texas' top GOP elected officials heaped praise on the former President and used incendiary political rhetoric…

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200 Chefs Demand More U.S. Action to Stop Illegal Fishing - Reporting Texas

200 Chefs Demand More U.S. Action to Stop Illegal Fishing - Reporting Texas

By Samuel Stark Reporting Texas Nathan Lyon remembers fishing with his grandparents on the Chesapeake Bay and…

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Moving encampments off public streets has made it more difficult to provide medical support to Au...

Moving encampments off public streets has made it more difficult to provide medical support to Au...

The camping ban set back years of progress local emergency services made in serving people experiencing homel…

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'It's a Free for All': Kratom Is Legal in Texas But Should it Be? - Reporting Texas

'It's a Free for All': Kratom Is Legal in Texas But Should it Be? - Reporting Texas

By Samuel Stark Reporting Texas Madison Farrell says her own experience with substance dependency inspired he…

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Equity study attempts to mitigate long-standing health disparities - Austin Monitor

Equity study attempts to mitigate long-standing health disparities - Austin Monitor

A new report by a city-appointed firm found that local medical and emergency service providers could do more …

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Texas Veterans Desperate for Treatment Find Viable Alternative in Psychedelics - Reporting Texas

Texas Veterans Desperate for Treatment Find Viable Alternative in Psychedelics - Reporting Texas

Combat veterans around the nation and in Texas are turning to psychedelic drugs such as ibogaine, psilocybin,…

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Austin rents are falling. So why are eviction filings still at record highs?

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By Sam Stark Verified
| The Austin Current
Austin is confronting a stubborn housing paradox: Rents have fallen from their pandemic-era highs, but eviction filings continue to climb. With filings continuing to run at record levels, city leaders are searching for a more effective way to keep people in their homes as lower-income renters struggle with housing and everyday expenses and advocates warn that a new state law could make it harder for tenants facing eviction to respond.
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Austin races to regulate AI data centers before they strain city’s water and power

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By Sam Stark Verified, Austin Current
| KPRC-TV (Houston, TX) Verified
Austin Current is a nonprofit local news organization supported by The Texas Tribune, reporting on Austin government, education and community. Sign up for . The recent surge in water- and energy-intensive artificial intelligence data center construction has forced lawmakers across the country to find ways to protect limited local resources. Now Austin is too. As AI use has skyrocketed, so has the need for data centers to house the servers that power it.
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Austin races to regulate AI data centers before they strain city’s water and power

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By Sam Stark Verified
| The Austin Current
The recent surge in water- and energy-intensive artificial intelligence data center construction has forced lawmakers across the country to find ways to protect limited local resources. Now Austin is too. As AI use has skyrocketed, so has the need for data centers to house the servers that power it. The facilities can be expansive — some spanning more than 1,000 acres — and resource-intensive, consuming hundreds of millions of gallons of water a year and requiring more than 100 megawatts of power.
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