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Executive Note: Most Texas policy risk is preventable if leadership gets early visibility. The discipline: monitor → interpret → decide → act → report.
What a $2 Billion JETI Data Center Really Means for a Small School District
Hold harmless on M&O, 3x yield on recapture-free Golden Pennies, 5x bond capacity on I&S. The school finance math behind a JETI project at a $500M-base district.
Read ArticleLegislative Intelligence2026 Interim Charges: Both Chambers Just Put Data Centers on the Agenda
Speaker Burrows and Lt. Gov. Patrick assigned data center charges to six committees across both chambers. Four areas overlap. Analysis for data centers, energy, and infrastructure.
Read ArticleLegislative IntelligenceThe Speaker Just Put Data Centers on the 2027 Agenda. Twice.
Two committees received explicit data center charges. Regulatory streamlining, SB 6 review, water scrutiny, and grid resilience.
Read ArticleLegislative IntelligenceCities Keep Changing the Rules. The Speaker Just Built a Committee to Stop It.
Speaker Burrows created a select committee to review the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act. Here's what the law already provides and what the committee will clarify for data center developers.
Read ArticleLegislative IntelligenceThe Senate Just Put Data Centers on Four Committee Agendas
Patrick's charges assign data center growth, grid reliability, water consumption, and a $3.3 billion fiscal audit to four Senate committees.
Read ArticlePolicy AnalysisFederal AI Preemption Is Coming. Here's What Texas Keeps and What It Loses.
The White House AI framework tells Congress to preempt state AI laws. Three categories of Texas authority survive. Three don't.
Read ArticleRegulatory StrategyIf You're Not Commenting on PUCT Rules, Someone Else Is Shaping Them for You
Why data center developers must file substantive comments on Project 58481 before April 17.
Read ArticleSelection GuideTop Texas Government Affairs Firms (2026): Choose With Confidence
A CEO/GC framework to compare Texas GR firms by fit, senior coverage, conflicts, and regulatory depth.
Read ArticleVetting ChecklistHow to Hire a Texas Lobbyist Without Costly Surprises
The 7 questions that separate expensive networking from disciplined risk reduction.
Read ArticleStrategy GuideTexas Government Affairs: Reduce Risk With Early Visibility
How the Texas legislative and regulatory process actually works—and why early visibility prevents expensive surprises.
Read ArticleFundamentalsDo You Need Lobbying or Government Affairs? A Risk-First Answer
The Shield protects. The Sword strikes. Know when you need each.
Read ArticleNewsletterNewsletter Archive
Browse past issues of the Texas Government Affairs Intelligence Briefing — free policy analysis delivered twice monthly.
Read ArticleThe JD Key Approach
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We provide senior-level government affairs strategy—the Shield that gives leadership continuous visibility.
When direct lobbying is necessary, we bring in the ideal specialist lobbyist for the specific issue, sector, and timing—the Sword deployed at exactly the right moment.
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