Too Little, Too Late? Phelan Announces Joint Hearing to Address Blackouts

Speaker Dade Phelan announced the House Committees on Energy Resources and State Affairs will convene in a joint hearing on February 25th to, "help...

60% of Texans Don’t Trust The Grid to Deliver Power Without Blackouts This Summer

On Sunday, the University of Texas at Tyler and The Dallas Morning News published a poll that shows how Texans feel, six months later,...

Complicated applications led to FEMA funding less than 1 percent of Harvey infrastructure repairs

The complicated method by which the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) reviews and allocates disaster-related funds has resulted in it paying for less than one percent of Texas’ Harvey-related infrastructure projects, according to the Texas Standard.

What the Texas Government is Doing for Disaster Prep

The recent winter storm catastrophe that hit Texas left dozens dead, with the full death toll likely to not be calculated for months. In...

Airline Passengers Headed to Austin Save a Man’s Life Mid-flight

ICU nurse Megan Sconzert jumped into action after a flight attendant found an unconscious man in the row ahead of her. Other medical professionals...

Texas Regulators Vote to Ban Residential Utility Shut-Offs During Pandemic While Buoying Companies

The Texas Public Utility Commission voted Thursday to ban utilities from cutting off power and water services to Texans who have lost jobs and...

Texas House and Senate Gridlocked on Grid Bills

Voters are demanding change to the state’s electrical grid after the catastrophic failures during Winter Storm Uri, and lawmakers are promising change. Unfortunately, it...

Power Outages in Texas Continue, Impacts on Water, Food Banks, and Vaccines

Updated February 16, 2020 at 5:00 PM. As Texas fights historic snow and power outages due to the winter storm, vaccines are delayed.  Texas had...

Texas Winter Storm Death Toll Keeps Rising

The Texas Department of State Health Services has increased the death toll from the winter storm in February to 210 people. The toll rose from...

Texas Senate leaders unveil $1.8 billion package of disaster relief bills

More than a year and a half after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the state, Texas Senate leaders announced a $1.8 billion trio of disaster relief...
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