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Austin-based energy startup Base Power announced it has raised $1 billion in new funding to expand its residential battery leasing business, positioning itself at the center of Texas’ fast-growing clean energy sector as demand surges nationwide. Meanwhile, Gov. Greg Abbott has authorized hundreds of Texas National Guard soldiers have been deployed to Illinois to assist federal immigration authorities in Chicago. And in education, Texas selected Odyssey, a national tech firm, to design and administer its new $1 billion school voucher program, the Texas Education Freedom Accounts.
Today we’re announcing $1B of Series C funding and calling on engineers, operators, and creatives everywhere to join the charge to build the future of American power.
In less than two years, Base has become one of the fastest growing energy companies in the country. We’ve
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1:10 PM • Oct 8, 2025
Members of the Texas National Guard have arrived in Illinois, according to sources familiar with their whereabouts and video taken of them at an Army Reserve training facility in a Chicago suburb.
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7:46 PM • Oct 7, 2025
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🚨 Bills & Business Podcast: Gavin Nicholson on Driving Private Capital for Public Good 🚨
In this week’s episode, "From the Lege to Leadership: Gavin Nicholson on Policy, Innovation, and Texas’ Future," host @Laura_USLege sits down with @GavinRNicholson, Founder & CEO of the
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