Denton County ranked higher than the United States, Texas and most surrounding Dallas-Fort Worth counties in terms of quality of life.

Some context: The data comes from County Health Rankings & Roadmaps, which is a collaboration of the University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and defines quality of life as a person’s self assessment of physical, mental, social and emotional health throughout their life.

These parameters include conditions such as perceived health and life satisfaction, according to County Health Rankings & Roadmaps.

Quality of life can be impacted by physical health conditions like low birth weight, or live newborns who weigh less than 5.5 pounds, physical health days and mental health days, which are calculated over a 30-day span.

See how Denton county ranks compared to state and national averages, as well as the main counties in Dallas-Fort Worth.

Denton voters can cast their ballots June 13 in two runoff races for mayor and City Council At-Large, Place 5.

The last day to vote in Denton's mayoral and Place 5 runoff elections is June 13.

What you need to know: Denton voters will decide between Chris Watts and Brian Beck for mayor and Erica Garland and George Michael Ferrie Jr. for the Place 5 seat after no candidate received more than 50% of the vote in the May 2 local election.

What else? Election day is June 13. Polls will be open from 7 a.m.-7 p.m. at Denton County polling locations.

Denton County voters can cast ballots only at their precinct on election day. A full list of polling locations is available through the Denton County Elections Administration Office.

Texas must protect residential consumers from paying for the infrastructure needed to power new data centers, Gov. Greg Abbott said in a June 10 order aimed at balancing the rapid growth of data centers with the needs of residents and communities.

The big picture: The governor directed state regulators to ensure data center companies do not pass infrastructure costs on to ratepayers, urging lawmakers to tighten regulations on data centers’ water use and repeal certain tax exemptions that benefit the industry.

Abbott’s order comes as Texas grapples with how to manage the data center boom amid climbing electric demand and looming water shortages. It is the first time the Republican governor has publicly called to restrict data center growth.

The context: As communities across Texas consider new data center projects, reporting shows that some residents are pushing back, raising concerns about the large facilities’ water usage, potential strain on the electric grid and impacts on local neighborhoods.

What they're saying: In response, state agencies called protecting consumers from rising electric costs "our top priority."