Houston County Alabama Democratic Party

How many data centers are planned for Coweta County?

As of May, five data center projects are in various stages of development, from proposed rezonings to approved sites moving toward construction.

Take a look at where each project stands and what developers are proposing.

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Who’s joining me for this? And what are you bringing?

Saturday, June 13, 2026, Shared Essentials, Community Potluck, at Hero Park, 44 College Street, Newton, Al (Gazebo and green space on AL-123) starts at 4 pm. Linda will be showing people how to check their voter registration and helping them register if need be.
Who wants to help? Bring a dish? Man table?

The U.S. Senate Runoff is happening on June 16th, and your ability to request an absentee ballot in person ends June 11. Do you have a plan to vote!?

People with cancer or HIV could lose Medicaid under new work rules, advocates say Adults on Medicaid will be required to work 80 hours per month. The Trump administration says people who are sick will have to prove they are too sick to work to be exempt from the new work rules.

Uninsured Rate for Young Children Rose More Sharply than for Older Children from 2022-2024 Key Findings The number of infants, toddlers and preschoolers who are uninsured is at the highest level in nearly a decade and is increasing more sharply than for older children. The number of uninsured children under age 6 grew by 23% between 2022 and 2024, while the number of uninsured school-...

On April 11th, 2025, the Trump administration announced that it would be terminating a historic settlement negotiated by the Biden administration that would have improved wastewater treatment for majority-Black communities in Alabama, calling the settlement an “illegal DEI and environmental justice policy.”

According to Inside Climate News, the settlement was negotiated by former President Joe Biden’s Department of Justice and the Department of Health and Human Services with officials in Alabama. It marks the first time that federal civil rights laws were used to ease the impact of environmental racism.

According to Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon from the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, “The DOJ will no longer push ‘environmental justice’ as viewed through a distorting, DEI lens. President Trump made it clear: Americans deserve a government committed to serving every individual with dignity and respect, and to expending taxpayer resources in accordance with the national interest, not arbitrary criteria.”
SOURCE:

https://www.blackenterprise.com/trump-reverses-alabama-environmental-settlement/