With weather and health issues impacting millions in Texas and making news nationwide, former congressman Beto O'Rourke has hit the road again and is been criss-crossing the state, making stops in small towns....
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Texas Governor Gregg Abbott is expected to address Texans today about proposed legislation to address what he says is the censoring of Texans "based on the viewpoints they express."...
Governor Abbott repeated that even though his orders will end, Texans should still wear masks and follow safety protocols....
The bankruptcies and staggering electricity charges are beginning to arrive. Could it go from bad to worse?
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The Board of Directors for the Electric Reliability Council of Texas voted 6-1 Wednesday night, March 3, to give the CEO 60 days notice per his contract....
The open seat is for the 6th Congressional District, which includes parts of Tarrant County along with all of Ellis and Navarro counties....
"Now I think it's time to move forward with the hospitalizations down and vaccinations going up," said Lt. Gov. Patrick....
State leaders have pointed fingers at everything from windmills to the bureaucrats at ERCOT. But the real issue is the electric grid’s reliance on a lightly regulated natural gas production industry.
The post The Great Texas Blackout Was Caused by a Failure to Ensure Supplies of Natural Gas appeared first on Texas Monthly.
...The vast majority of Texans have yet to receive a single dose of vaccine, but the state is done imposing public health measures.
The post Greg Abbott Celebrated Texas Independence Day by Ending COVID-19 Restrictions appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott's announcement ending the 8-month-long statewide mask mandate makes it the largest state to lift orders intended to prevent spread of COVID-19. ...
In a speech at the Conservative Political Action Conference, Texas’s junior senator tossed red meat but was overshadowed by the former president.
The post Ted Cruz’s Attempt to Court Trump’s Base Meets a Predictable Obstacle: Trump appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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State Representative Rafael Anchia, D-Dallas has added his name to a list of lawmakers calling on the Chair of the Public Utility Commission of Texas, DeAnn Walker, to resign....
"I want to say that I completely understand all the outrage and anger of all Texans," said Oncor CEO Allen Nye....
Luke Coffee, a director and actor who appeared on NBC’s ‘Friday Night Lights,’ found QAnon during the pandemic and then spent a month trying to evade the consequences of the path it led him down.
The post He Rioted at the Capitol. Then for Weeks He Lived in Luxury While Hiding From the FBI. appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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President Joe Biden and the First Lady, Jill, came to Texas Friday, Feb. 26 to survey damage caused by severe winter weather and to encourage people to get their coronavirus shots....
For the second day in a row, members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) are being grilled by lawmakers in Austin about the state power grid and the blackouts that left Texans in the cold and dark, and cost some their lives....
President Joe Biden and First Lady Dr. Jill Biden will visit Houston today to check on the state's recovery from the winter storms....
The State House and State Senate began separate hearings at 9:00 a.m. that ran well into the evening on Thursday....
When several women spoke out against a powerful man in the former ghost town of Terlingua, the backlash was fierce.
The post They Accused a Man of Sexual Assault in a Small West Texas Town. That Was Only the Beginning. appeared first on Texas Monthly.
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ERCOT's CEO Bill Magness told board members Wednesday that the company did all it could to prevent a catastrophic blackout....