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ERCOT Board Members Donations to Abbott
Three current board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas have contributed thousands of dollars to Gov. Greg Abbott's campaigns over the last...
RA NEWS Texas Survey: Why Did the Energy System Fail During the Winter Storm...
February 24, 2021
RA News conducted a statewide survey to evaluate the impact, causes, and potential responses to last week’s winter storm, which left millions...
Priority Zip Codes for Mega-Vaccine Sites in Texas
Do you live in a COVID-19 high-risk zip code?
During the next three weeks at NRG Park, 126,000 people are expected to be vaccinated for...
Will Texas Cut Funding to Public Schools Because of Low Attendance During the Pandemic?
In the fall semester of 2020 the Texas Education Agency (TEA) made a decision to help public schools by providing funding for them at...
David Spiller Wins HD-68 Special Election Runoff
David Spiller won the special election runoff against fellow Republican Craig Carter Tuesday night.
Spiller won with almost 63% of the vote (4,158), beating...
Texas Work Force Commission Waives Employment Search Requirement
Due to the Texas winter storm, the Texas Workforce Commission, Texas’ unemployment agency, has suspended work search requirements statewide for the weeks ending February...
Out of State, Out of Mind: 5 ERCOT Board Members Resign
Developing Story
Update: Wednesday February 23 4:05pm
Added PUC Filing showing Vanessa Anesetti-Parra also resigning.
Five ERCOT board members have announced their resignation.
Sally Talberg, board chair,...
Abbott Keeping Texans in the Dark
Texas had a bad week, to put it mildly. A catastrophic power outage combined with one of the worst winter storms the state has...
Who Cares About Constituents? Paxton and Gates Fly the Coop
While Sen. Ted Cruz soaked up all the headlines last week stealing away to Cancun, reports surfaced over the weekend of other elected officials...
Have Questions About the COVID Vaccine and Kids? A Texas Pediatrics Expert Has Answers
Dr. Stanley Spinner, vice president and chief medical officer at Texas Children’s Pediatrics and Texas Children’s Urgent Care answers six questions about the vaccine,...
