Off the Kuff

Hood County is the epicenter of the fight to have some control over data centers being built in your area. That's a very Republican area, as are many of the data center targets, and the locals are not happy at all about it. I keep saying, this sure seems like an opportunity for Democrats.

As goes Hood County | Off the Kuff This is just the beginning of the data center revolution in Hood County, a rural community of 62,000 people about an hour southwest of Fort Worth. Developers have proposed eight data centers spanning over 7,600 acres, or 12 square miles. While it’s unclear how much power all of the facilities woul...

Flock and its relationship with cities where it had signed contracts that weren't publicized and maybe weren't all that well understood continue to make news.

Three Flock stories | Off the Kuff After months of discussion and outrage from residents, the city council of the tiny town of Bandera, Texas voted 3-2 to immediately end its contract with the surveillance company Flock. In the aftermath of the vote, one of the dissenting council members crashed out and said he would be introducing m...

Major League Baseball is beginning to make some investments in India again, on the youth baseball front.

MLB takes another swing at India | Off the Kuff At India’s first MLB Cup in 2021 — an under-11 competition — only 12 teams took part. In a country obsessed with cricket and soccer, it was difficult to find the necessary coaches and ballplayers ready to come out and hit the field.

The latest Texas Public Opinion Research poll has James Talarico up on Ken Paxton 47-44, but it gets there in a really weird way.

TPOR: Talarico 47, Paxton 44 | Off the Kuff Texas Public Opinion Research (TPOR) today released a new poll of likely Texas general election voters, surveying their attitudes on the 2026 races for U.S. Senate, Governor, and Attorney General.

The Fifth Circuit put stays on the district court orders pausing the rulings against the age verification law for app marketplace operators, and on the latest ruling that stopped the law allowing state law enforcement officers to detain and deport undocumented immigrants.

The Fifth Circuit keeps on doing its thing | Off the Kuff Texas’ law requiring app marketplace operators like Google and Apple to verify all users’ ages and seek parental permission before minors can download apps or make in-app purchases can go into effect for now, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday.