
Benjamin Wermund
Senior political reporter for Hearst Newspapers in Texas (@HoustonChron, @ExpressNews, @statesman) | Send me tips 📩 [email protected]
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Data center backlash is posing test
Projects have drawn backing of GOP leaders but not their supporters across rural Texas
FRONT-PAGE HISTORY

Abbott proposes plan to help homeowners strengthen roofs

Hinojosa pitches $1.5K rebate checks for Texans

Abbott calls for prohibition on any rural data center work

Data center backlash is posing test
Projects have drawn backing of GOP leaders but not their supporters across rural Texas

Abbott: Don’t pass data center electricity costs to customers

Abbott targets spread of fly
Governor pledges state resources for summer fight ahead

Abbott seeks to lift Texas GOP ticket
Governor targets Democratic Senate candidate Talarico in hopes of uniting a fractured party

No sign of feds' border funds for state
Agencies have yet to even open applications for reimbursement for Abbott's crackdown

Runoffs to decide midterm matchups

State law to deport migrants likely to take effect
Judge has called bill 'unconstitutional,' but ruling to take time

Camps in Texas uncertain as season closes in
State is weighing licenses after new laws in floods’ wake

On the campaign trail, Abbott increasingly is linked to Musk

Abbott keeps up disaster status on border
Move comes despite big drop in crossings

250K families eligible for vouchers
But most likely to miss out as funds are exhausted in lottery system
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Paperboy tracks bylines on the front pages of major US and UK broadsheets. This page shows every front-page story attributed to Benjamin Wermund in our archive, based on bylines extracted from front-page images by AI. It covers only front-page stories — not the full output of this journalist. Data begins April 2026.
