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Grimes County Commissioners Schedule Another Private Discussion About The Proposed Space X Complex At Gibbons Creek Lake

Grimes County commissioners schedule another private discussion about the proposed Space X complex at Gibbons Creek Lake. Wednesday morning (May 13) at nine, commissioners will go into executive session to meet with the county attorney “to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the Commissioners Court has received from Space Exploration Technologies Corp. The Commissioners Court is conducting economic development negotiations and will deliberate an offer of financial or other incentive to the business prospect of a multi-phase, next generation, vertically integrated semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility, proposed to be located at the Gibbons Creek Reservoir and surrounding areas.” Prior to the private discussion, commissioners will be taking public comments. Speakers are limited to two minutes and have to register prior to the meeting. Click HERE to read and download the agenda for the May 13, 2026 Grimes County commission meeting. Original story posted May 6, 2026: Grimes County commissioners have scheduled a public hearing to consider giving tax breaks to Elon Musk’s Space X for a proposed project at the former Gibbons Creek Lake property. The cost of the proposed semiconductor manufacturing and advanced computing fabrication facility could reach $174 billion dollars according to the public hearing notice. Click HERE to read and download the public hearing notice from the Grimes County government website. Before the June 3rd public hearing, commissioners at their May 6th meeting heard public comments about semiconductor plants in general and/or specifically the Space X proposal. Commissioners also heard more comments from opponents to another company proposing a data center and battery energy storage system between Roans Prairie and Singleton east of Highway 90. After the public comments, commissioners made no statements. Commissioners then met in executive session. After returning from a private discussion with the county attorney there were no motions. County judge Joe Fauth announced a postponement in naming a committee that will be involved in dealing with tax abatements and economic development grants. Click below to hear public comments regarding the proposed Space X project and other references to semiconductor facilities at the May 6, 2026 Grimes County commission meeting. Listen to “Grimes County commissioners hear opposition to a Space X facility at the former Gibbons Creek Lake property” on Spreaker.

Texas A&M Among Victims Of Worldwide Cyberattack Of The CANVAS Learning Management System

Victims of this week’s worldwide cyberattack of the CANVAS learning management system includes Texas A&M. An A&M spokesman provided this definition of CANVAS to WTAW News: “Texas A&M uses Canvas as its main online learning system to support classes. Faculty can post course materials and assignments, and students can submit work and view grades. Faculty also use it to communicate with students about coursework.” As of Friday (May 8) at 9:30 a.m., the last message from A&M’s technology services website said they “continue redirecting traffic from Canvas and Canvas integrated services until full stability and information integrity can be guaranteed for all Campus Members.” Click HERE to read and download from Texas A&M’s technology services website, messages regarding CANVAS that were posted through Friday (May 8) at 9:30 a.m. Instructure, the company that owns CANVAS, posted on its website that “incidents” took place April 29 and May 7. In the May 7 incident, as of Friday morning at 8:30 (May 8), Instructure has “not found evidence that data was taken”. And there is no reference to the hacking group that claimed responsibility for the cyberattack.

BTU Residential Customers To Pay More For Electricity Starting In June

Starting in June, BTU residential customers will be paying another $4.00 dollars a month for their electricity. That’s after the city council this unanimously adopted recommendations by the BTU board at the council’s May 5th meeting. Click HERE to read and download presentation materials from the May 5, 2026 Bryan city council meeting. Click HERE to read and download background information from the May 5, 2026 Bryan council meeting. Click HERE to read and download the ordinance that was approved at the May 5, 2026 Bryan council meeting. Council members were told there are two contributing factors. One is the rising cost of acquiring power and the second is the rising cost of getting power to customer’s homes. A third component that contributes to BTU electric bills is not changing for the time being. But councilmembers were told BTU staff and board members are keeping tabs on the rising administrative costs at the utility that are not associated with acquiring and the transmission of power. Another change recommended by the BTU board that was approved by the council, eliminates different power prices during the winter and the summer. Starting this November, there will be one rate that is an average between the winter and summer prices. Listen to “BTU customers to pay more for electricity starting in June” on Spreaker.