The Austin Daily News - May 31, 2026

In this week's issue: The $119 billion chip factory being built next to Giga Texas — and the Grimes County vote happening in three days that could greenlight the largest industrial construction project in American history "Six-gender Jimmy" vs. "the most corrupt politician in Texas" — the Texas Senate general election is live, and the fundraising gap is genuinely insane Austin ISD has 23 failing schools while Dallas and Houston have zero — and the state is three bad test scores away from seizing control of Austin's school board Texas's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve just got a real committee, a custody RFP, and a June 15 deadline Let's get into it.