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Uvalde County Judge William Mitchell was suspended without pay by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct on Tuesday after he was indicted for official oppression earlier this month.
The misdemeanor charge stems from a March incident in which Mitchell ordered the arrest of a UPS driver, Tyler Cox, who left packages for the third floor of the county courthouse on the first floor because the elevator was broken.
Mitchell allegedly yelled at Cox, grabbed his loaded dolly, and seized his cell phone. Cox claims he was detained for five minutes without being read his Miranda rights.
Cox, 29, filed a $15 million lawsuit against Mitchell and the county, and he recently requested a change of venue. Mitchell is set to retire next year after 40 years in office.
Floating Solar Power Plant Slated for Sabine Lake
A Southeast Texas startup is building a 391-megawatt floating solar power plant across nearly 2,300 acres of Sabine Lake, making it the largest such project in the U.S. and the third-largest in the world.
Diligence Offshore Services is partnering with Florida-based Accusolar to develop the Pleasure Island Power Collective, which will also include a 225-megawatt onshore wind farm, a battery storage system, and a data center.
Diligence founder Harry C. Crawford III said the project is not being funded by federal subsidies, and he did not request a tax break from the city of Port Arthur. However, Diligence aims to expedite the development of the project by asking the federal government to designate it as important to national security.
“This partnership not only strengthens our domestic supply chain but also accelerates our vision to bring economic freedom and climate resilience to the Gulf Coast,” said Crawford.
Horse Visits Target
Shoppers at a Dallas Target encountered a cowboy hat-wearing horse walking the aisles with its owner last week, an experience many social media users said could only happen in Texas.
Michael Duncan, the horse’s owner, posted a video of the shopping trip to his Instagram page, where one user commented that it was “better behaved than most kids I’ve seen in Target lately.”
A TikTok video posted by another customer garnered more critical responses. One user said the owner should “park it outside with the rest of the transportation,” while another commented, “RIP to the minimum wage worker that now has to shovel horse [manure] off isle 6.”
Target has not yet responded to a request for comment. Duncan and his horse have also visited Tecovas and Best Buy stores, and they’ve met country star Parker McCollum and gymnast-turned-model Livvy Dunne.
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➤ The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) sued Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton yesterday for designating the group a foreign terrorist organization, saying the corresponding ban on buying property in the state amounts to a violation of its members’ freedom of speech and association. Hours earlier, Abbott directed the Department of Public Safety to launch criminal investigations into CAIR and the Muslim Brotherhood. (See Details)
➤ The Trump administration has approved a $1.2 billion plan to expand broadband internet access in Texas. Texas was slated to get $3.3 billion for that purpose from the 2021 infrastructure bill, but significant savings were achieved through the elimination of certain program rules. (More)
➤ El Paso: Officials broke ground on the 12,500-seat Sunset Amphitheater on Wednesday. Music and hospitality company VENU entered into a public-private partnership with the city to develop the $100 million facility, which is expected to generate a $2 billion economic impact within its first decade. (More)
➤ Dallas: Senior Corporal Jaime Castro, the president of the Dallas Police Association, was placed on administrative leave as the department investigates his involvement in a fatal crash that occurred in March of this year. (More)
➤ Wheeler County: State troopers arrested 31 illegal immigrants driving 18-wheelers during a one-day operation along I-40 last week. Most of the detainees had a commercial driver’s license issued in California. (More)
➤ Fort Hood is one of nine U.S. Army installations selected as a potential site for a microreactor nuclear power plant. (See Details)
➤ Dallas Area Rapid Transit is spending more than $16 million to improve security across its network after three shootings on DART trains over the past two months. Meanwhile, Plano, Irving, Farmers Branch, and Highland Park will vote on continuing funding for the service. (See Details)
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➤ The Texans defeated the Bills 23-19 last night on Thursday Night Football thanks to a stellar performance by Houston’s defense. Backup quarterback Davis Mills threw two touchdowns and has won every game he’s started since C.J. Stroud was injured three weeks ago. (More)
➤ Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban denied reports that the team is looking to trade Anthony Davis this year: “We won’t. We want to try to win.” (More)
➤ Meanwhile, ESPN’s Tim MacMahon reported that Mavs point guard Kyrie Irving is making great progress after getting surgery for a torn ACL, but that his “return this season is very much in question for other reasons.” (More)
➤ The Houston Astros traded two-time Gold Glove winner Mauricio Dubon to the Atlanta Braves in exchange for infielder Nick Allen. “I’ll always have Houston in my heart,” Dubon said after the trade. (More)
➤ The Gordon Longhorns upset the Plano West Wolves 49-42 in a high school girls’ basketball game on Tuesday. With 75 total students, Gordon competes in the Class 1A division, while Plano West competes in Class 6A and has the third-highest enrollment in the state, with 5,337 students. (More)
➤ The University of Houston landed a basketball commitment from Arafan Diane, the No. 2 center prospect in the class of 2026. (More)
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➤ Oakberry, a smoothie and açai bowl chain based in Brazil, is signing a franchise deal with the Rand Group to open around 100 locations in Texas over the next few years, with the first ones appearing next year in Austin, Dallas, and Houston. (More)
➤ San Antonio is considered the nation’s No. 1 market for prospective home buyers, according to a study by Redfin. There are 117.3% more home sellers than buyers in the city, where the median sale price is $303,896. (See Details)
➤ Austin-based startup Function Health is valued at $2.5 billion after raising $298 million in its Series B funding. The company offers access to over 160 personal lab tests through a subscription that costs $365 per year. (More)
➤ CPS Energy, the municipal electricity provider for San Antonio, issued a request for proposals to add 600 megawatts of solar power to the gigawatt of capacity already in its portfolio. (More)
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➤ Data from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration suggest that most of the 68 accidents involving autonomous vehicles that occurred in Austin this year were caused by humans. (More)
➤ Charles “Buzzy” Kehlenbeck, a World War II veteran who served aboard the Battleship Texas, visited the historic vessel on his 101st birthday. “I’m looking at my friend,” he said. (Watch Video)
➤ According to financial advice website UpgradedPoints, a single adult with no dependents needs an income of $96,506 to “live comfortably” in Texas. The report applied the common 50/30/20 budget rule to determine the figure. (See Details)
➤ A rare melanistic black buck was spotted in the Hill Country town of Fischer this week. According to Texas Parks and Wildlife, Central Texas has “more than its fair share” of deer with the recessive gene. (More)
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Uvalde County Judge Suspended
