https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/williamson-county-catherine-totty-tax-assessor-collector.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/williamson-county-catherine-totty-tax-assessor-collector.htmlMon, 17 Aug 2026 22:45:00 -0500Commissioners Court selected Totty after Larry Gaddes resigned for a state position; voters will decide who completes the unexpired term in November.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/georgetown-1-6-billion-budget-infrastructure-fee-increases.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/georgetown-1-6-billion-budget-infrastructure-fee-increases.htmlMon, 17 Aug 2026 22:45:00 -0500The FY 2026–27 proposal directs more than $876 million toward infrastructure while proposing higher residential stormwater and solid-waste charges.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/analysis-taylor-project-mustang-residential-impacts-undetermined.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/analysis-taylor-project-mustang-residential-impacts-undetermined.htmlMon, 17 Aug 2026 08:00:00 -0500Taylor’s Aug. 18 P&Z packet proposes a land-use framework for Project Mustang while major acoustic, traffic, drainage, emissions and engineering determinations remain deferred—raising questions about whether nearby rural homes are protected early enough.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/taylor-agenda-identifies-big-watt-ph-digital-project-mustang.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/taylor-agenda-identifies-big-watt-ph-digital-project-mustang.htmlSun, 16 Aug 2026 23:20:00 -0500Official Taylor records identify Big Watt Digital LLC and PH DIGITAL DATA CENTER DEVELOPMENT LLC as “formerly Project Mustang” in an executive-session item concerning economic-development negotiations, while July 23 minutes show no action was taken on an earlier Project Mustang closed-session item.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/taylor-edc-project-mustang-records-ag-ruling.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/taylor-edc-project-mustang-records-ag-ruling.htmlSun, 16 Aug 2026 23:00:00 -0500Taylor EDC has acknowledged that some records responsive to an August 3 Project Mustang public-information request exist while asking the Texas Attorney General to allow portions to be withheld.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/Williamson County and Central Texas news, public records, investigations and analysis.en-usSat, 15 Aug 2026 18:00:00 -0500https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/flock-ceo-admits-safeguards-fell-short.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/flock-ceo-admits-safeguards-fell-short.htmlFri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Flock is making abnormal-search auditing mandatory, requiring case codes and cutting default data retention from 30 days to seven. The changes raise a local question: what safeguards governed Williamson County-area searches before the company decided stronger controls were necessary?https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/conroe-37-data-center-guardrails-taylor-comparison.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/conroe-37-data-center-guardrails-taylor-comparison.htmlFri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Conroe is advancing an ordinance that would require data-center applicants to provide 37 categories of documentation covering utilities, emergency response, traffic, grid impacts and more. Taylor is considering its own digital-infrastructure rules while Project Mustang advances nearby.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/texas-data-centers-political-flashpoint-williamson-county.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/texas-data-centers-political-flashpoint-williamson-county.htmlFri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Rural Republican resistance to data-center growth is putting pressure on state leaders over water, power, subsidies and local control. Williamson County’s Taylor-area projects make those statewide arguments immediate and local.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/fermi-project-matador-bring-your-own-power-model.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/fermi-project-matador-bring-your-own-power-model.htmlFri, 14 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Fermi’s Project Matador has signed TensorWave for 222 MW of capacity under a 15-year deal. The project illustrates the same broader industry shift toward pairing massive computing campuses with dedicated power generation — a model relevant to Project Mustang.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/pflugerville-delays-flock-contract-privacy-backlash.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/pflugerville-delays-flock-contract-privacy-backlash.htmlWed, 12 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Pflugerville City Council pulled a proposed two-year Flock Safety contract from its agenda after residents and council members raised privacy and data-sharing concerns. One council member says ending the city's relationship with Flock is now a real possibility.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/league-city-flock-vote-referendum.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/league-city-flock-vote-referendum.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500League City unanimously put continued use of Flock and other ALPR systems on the November ballot after residents demanded a public voice. The vote is advisory, but it puts a basic question before citizens that many cities never asked before installing surveillance infrastructure.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/lago-vista-removes-flock-cameras.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/lago-vista-removes-flock-cameras.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500After residents raised privacy, oversight and public-process concerns, Lago Vista's council voted unanimously to remove the city's Flock license plate readers. Four cameras reportedly remained installed but were no longer operational as removal proceeded.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/austin-shooting-spree-flock-debate-liberty-security.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/austin-shooting-spree-flock-debate-liberty-security.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Police say Manor’s ALPR network helped identify a suspect vehicle after a series of Austin shootings. That is a serious public-safety argument for the technology — but it does not answer the question of warrantless mass collection.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/georgetown-joins-flock-network-constitutional-questions.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/georgetown-joins-flock-network-constitutional-questions.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Georgetown approved Flock license plate readers in March 2026, adding another Williamson County jurisdiction to a rapidly expanding web of vehicle-tracking technology.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/pflugerville-alpr-surveillance-what-residents-should-know.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/pflugerville-alpr-surveillance-what-residents-should-know.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Pflugerville openly uses automated license plate readers. The constitutional question is not whether police can point to useful cases — it is whether routine government collection of innocent motorists’ movements should become normal.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/flock-misuse-police-departments-audit-logs-not-enough.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/flock-misuse-police-departments-audit-logs-not-enough.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Recent misuse investigations show that surveillance abuse is not merely hypothetical. The deeper question is why governments are collecting so much searchable location data in the first place.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/lapd-suspends-flock-privacy-data-sharing.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/lapd-suspends-flock-privacy-data-sharing.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500One of the nation’s largest police departments stopped using Flock while seeking stronger terms on ownership, privacy, security and data sharing. Williamson County governments should not assume their contracts deserve less scrutiny.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/flock-error-typo-wrongful-police-stop.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/flock-error-typo-wrongful-police-stop.htmlTue, 11 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500A journalist’s encounter with police after erroneous stolen-vehicle information is a reminder that a camera can read a plate correctly while the system still produces a dangerously wrong conclusion.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/taylor-data-center-community-meeting-august-25.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/taylor-data-center-community-meeting-august-25.htmlMon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Taylor will hold an Aug. 25 public meeting on digital-infrastructure code changes and water and wastewater planning as multiple data-center projects move forward.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/guadalupe-county-ends-flock-contract.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/guadalupe-county-ends-flock-contract.htmlSat, 08 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Guadalupe County commissioners unanimously moved to end the county’s Flock contract amid equipment vandalism, costs and growing public scrutiny. The sheriff says the county may use other license plate reader systems, so the surveillance debate is not over.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/project-mustang-477mw-onsite-power-taylor.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/project-mustang-477mw-onsite-power-taylor.htmlFri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500A proposed 665-acre campus east of Taylor would include at least two data centers and a 477-megawatt gas-powered generation facility, according to recent reporting and city information.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/laredo-alpr-transparency-policy-not-warrant.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/laredo-alpr-transparency-policy-not-warrant.htmlFri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500After weeks of criticism, Laredo Police says it will propose stronger ALPR policy, monthly transparency reports and a public portal. Those are meaningful safeguards, but they regulate a surveillance power that still deserves a deeper constitutional debate.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/texas-data-center-grid-deposits-pause.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/texas-data-center-grid-deposits-pause.htmlFri, 07 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Large security deposits posted by projects seeking ERCOT grid connections are now caught in uncertainty as Texas audits proposed data-center loads.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/burnet-county-removes-fixed-flock-cameras.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/burnet-county-removes-fixed-flock-cameras.htmlWed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Burnet County's fixed Flock cameras were removed after two units were damaged. The Sheriff's Office still has access to portable Flock trailers, while local residents have also raised privacy objections to ALPR surveillance.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/connecticut-pause-new-flock-cameras-backlash.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/connecticut-pause-new-flock-cameras-backlash.htmlWed, 05 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Two Connecticut lawmakers are asking municipalities to pause new Flock installations as privacy backlash grows. The state has already restricted retention and certain out-of-state sharing — a reminder that meaningful ALPR limits are policy choices, not technical impossibilities.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/texas-flock-searches-thousands-networks-no-warrant.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/texas-flock-searches-thousands-networks-no-warrant.htmlMon, 03 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500Texas Tribune reporting based on DPS records says some police searches scan more than 7,000 camera networks. The scale matters: a local camera contract can become an entry point into a nationwide vehicle-location database, often without a warrant.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/abbott-orders-texas-data-center-audit.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/abbott-orders-texas-data-center-audit.htmlMon, 03 Aug 2026 12:00:00 -0500The governor ordered PUCT and ERCOT to verify power, water, incentives, ownership and community impacts before grid-interconnection projects advance.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/texas-energy-agencies-seek-more-data-center-authority.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/texas-energy-agencies-seek-more-data-center-authority.htmlWed, 29 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0500PUCT and ERCOT leaders want additional tools to manage huge new loads, including registration, direct emergency communications and protections against shifting infrastructure costs to ordinary customers.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/texas-lawmakers-scrutinize-data-center-tax-break.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/texas-lawmakers-scrutinize-data-center-tax-break.htmlTue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0500A Senate Finance review is questioning a sales-tax exemption whose projected cost has grown dramatically, along with permanent jobs, compliance and taxpayer return.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/keith-self-privacy-act-alpr-warrant.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/keith-self-privacy-act-alpr-warrant.htmlWed, 15 Jul 2026 12:00:00 -0500Texas Rep. Keith Self introduced the PRIVACY Act to require federal agencies to obtain warrants before accessing covered surveillance databases including ALPR systems. The proposal directly addresses the constitutional loophole created when government can buy access to data it could not freely collect itself.https://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/san-marcos-flock-cameras-removed.htmlhttps://wilcolibertyproject.net/pages/news/articles/san-marcos-flock-cameras-removed.htmlSun, 01 Feb 2026 12:00:00 -0500San Marcos says every city-contracted Flock camera was deactivated and removed by February 1 after council voted to discontinue the contract. The city had already tightened sharing and auditing rules before deciding not to continue with Flock.