KELI From Inkwell, this is the Amarillo News Drop. I'm Keli, with Hast.
HAST Texas state power is moving fast on data centers. Major companies backing Abbott's development standards as the governor tries to lock in infrastructure control ahead of the primary fight.
KELI That's the play — Abbott's signaling he can deliver for business while the state GOP legal arm continues fighting the Secretary of State. But the data center move is the real structural story. Companies like this back standards when they see certainty and tax incentive. What you're watching is the governor's office building a coalition before November votes. The simple read is "business support." The reality underneath: data centers mean long-term power over land use, water, and grid demand in Texas. Watch the next sixty days for which GOP primary rivals answer Abbott's move. If they stay silent, they've lost the business wing.
HAST Big Bend moving into focus too. Park and Wildlife commissioners got hundreds of Texans at this week's annual meeting, pushing back hard on federal border wall work inside the park. Bulldozers already went in.
KELI That's the collision — federal border authority, state park authority, and public land use all in one site. The commissioners didn't vote to block it, which tells you something about where state leadership stands when DC moves first. Keep an eye on whether Texas Parks and Wildlife files a formal objection in the next week. That's the tell.
HAST Heat's locked in for the High Plains through the weekend. Upper 90s and low 100s, light winds, clear skies. No rain in the forecast yet.
KELI Pampa Harvesters taking the field Friday the 28th against Caprock to open the 2-4A season. Six offensive starters, five back on defense — mix of experience and hunger going in.
HAST One date marker. On this day in 2007, China Airlines Flight 120 caught fire and exploded after landing at Naha Airport in Okinawa, Japan.
KELI That's the Amarillo News Drop. Full script and sources at inkwell.wiki/news/amarillo.
KELI Before we close, a word from Inkwell. Over at Gil's Intelligent Version there's a piece on what the original words of scripture actually say about the Trinity — before any translation decided for us.
HAST Six words, examined in Hebrew and Greek. It's at inkwell dot wiki, slash trinity.
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