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The Trump administration has imposed new restrictions and reviews on wind and solar energy projects across the U.S., causing significant delays and potential halts in development, despite these sources providing a growing share of the nation's electricity and facing opposition from the administration's critics and some Republican officials.
While attention has been focused on high-profile issues in Texas, such as property taxes and transgender rights, there are several new laws that have flown under the radar. These include a consumer data privacy law that requires businesses to obtain consent before processing or selling personal data, an itemized hospital billing law to provide transparency for patients, a permitting delays law to speed up housing construction, property tax exemptions for child care facilities to address staffing shortages, and a law allowing electric utilities to apply for rate hikes for resiliency improvements.