The rocket testing site has blown through its permitted groundwater allowance three years straight. McGregor, the site’s owner, says it has a plan to offset groundwater use and avoid enforcement penalties.
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Lacy Lakeview needs Waco’s help to realize its data center dreams. It’s not going well.
Lacy Lakeview’s hasty approach to the data center project has alienated the Waco officials who would control water service to the site.
“Without the City of Waco agreeing to it, Lacy Lakeview can’t do anything out there and neither can Infrakey,” State Rep. Pat Curry said. “Those guys don’t know what the hell they’re doing.”
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Turning Point headliner Benny Johnson tells Baylor crowd that deportation benefits gene pool
The YouTube conservative star also cheered Democratic men for getting vasectomies and said that 80% of the U.S. population would be the “progeny of conservatives” by the year 2100.
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Becoming Mariachis: A season with University High’s Los Mariachi Troyanos
The teenage members of Los Mariachi Troyanos learn confidence and connection in their journey through traditional Mexican music.
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‘Fundamental mission failure’: Texas education chief will replace Connally ISD board, install conservator
Morath said the failure of two Connally campuses to meet state standards over five consecutive years reflects “the inability of the district to implement effective changes to improve the performance of students.”
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‘Why Sergio?’ Deportation ends 36-year dream for celebrated Waco chef and family
Sergio Garcia built a wide following for his regional Mexican cuisine over the decades, becoming favorite of the White House press corps visiting Waco during the Bush presidency. Then in March, ICE came looking for him.
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Canceled Baylor LGBTQ+ study stirs strong reactions in Waco
The university pulled the plug on proposed research that was meant to support pastoral care in churches. It became a flashpoint instead.
