Tasmanian senator says she is ‘pro-salmon’ but the farms should move on to land or offshore

Processors and city staff clashed over a proposed four‑year rate schedule and use of a federal tax‑credit risk reserve to subsidize the Pasco Water Resource Facility (PWRF). Industry leaders urged delay and greater transparency, while staff cited a pending nitrogen‑removal capital need and testing results due soon.

Vermont amends definitions and regulations for hemp and hemp-infused products through H.321.

Carl Dye, president and CEO of Tri‑City Development Council (Tridec), told the Richland City Council that federal advocacy around Hanford funding remains central to the regional economy, that past federal land transfers (the "purple dinosaur" parcel) inform future plans, and that utility limits under the Northwest Power Act constrain large AI data‑center load without external power arrangements.

Leaders discuss barriers to Vermont's forestry industry and potential workforce housing solutions.

The commission unanimously approved seven text amendments to Chapter 12 that add definitions for 'data center' and 'cryptocurrency mining facility,' delete 'technology equipment facility' as a by-right use in the LI district, and require special-use permits for those operations, with additional metrics requested by commissioners.

The Commissioners Court approved a TEFRA/notice allowing the Mount Pleasant EDC to issue tax‑exempt industrial revenue bonds to benefit an aluminum recycling facility near Winfield; county officials said Titus County will not be liable for the bonds.

The board unanimously approved a special-use permit for Standard Technologies to build an 85,000-square-foot metal fabrication plant at Las Tortugas Drive, with the applicant estimating about 65 jobs and stating powder-coating operations will use filtration and DEQ permitting.

The City Council approved Ordinance 2026-021 on first reading (with second-reading waiver) to allow a manufacturing development at Park 88 Unit 5, a prospective tenant currently described as 'Project Big Lakes' and recruited by Venture One; planners said the project would bring higher-wage manufacturing jobs and the Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval.

CARB staff described 15-day regulatory amendments that would lower the cap trajectory, expand utility allocations and create a Manufacturing Decarbonization Incentive (MDI) offering additional allowances to industry. LAO presenters and multiple lawmakers warned the changes could reduce auction revenues, undermine the greenhouse-gas-reduction fund, and increase uncertainty about meeting 2030 targets.

Both candidates endorsed courting mid-size tech and health-care employers; they expressed reservations about siting large data centers in Walnut Creek, citing noise, water and power concerns and uncertain long-term benefits.

The Planning Commission recommended approval of a conditional-use permit for a recycling-baler manufacturing and repair business (PC04-16-2602), changing staff's interim-use recommendation to a conditional permit and adopting five conditions addressing stormwater, traffic and use limits.

A University of Florida analysis presented to the Board estimated that three local forest-product manufacturers support 2,883 jobs in Nassau County, $1.218 billion in industry output and roughly $90 million in local, state and federal taxes.

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House Bill 90 would direct the state engineer to study uses that permanently remove water from the cycle—such as data centers, carbon capture and hydrogen production—and the committee added an extension to the study timeline before voting do pass.