State Lawmakers and Experts Highly Critical and Skeptical of PUC Plan to Fix State...
Meetings were held in Austin last week by the Texas Legislature’s Business and Commerce Committee to discuss proposed changes to the state's electricity market...
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...
Texas Power Grid Faces Summer Strain: Looming Blackouts?
In a recent development, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the state's power grid operator, found itself on the brink of implementing rotating...
Is Cornyn Taking Credit for Projects He Opposed?
Texas Sen. John Cornyn on Tuesday took credit for three U.S. Department of Transportation grants awarded to Texas that he opposed. All three projects...
Texas Retailers Ready to Start To-go Service
Retailers in Texas can start offering curbside pickups today. The partial reopening is part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s phased plan to help the state’s...
Lack of Child Care is a Big Stumbling Block for Working Parents
With many camps closed this summer and child care facilities closed except those for essential workers, what are people headed back to work supposed...
Beaches and Parks Around Texas Close for Holiday Weekend Due to COVID-19
This is usually one of the biggest tourist weekends of the year for Galveston, but not this year.
Galveston County is closing its beaches starting...
Texas Restaurant Association Has a Plan to #SaveTXRestaurants
On the eve of Texas restaurants being allowed to increase service capacity from 25% to 50%, the Texas Restaurant Association renewed its call for...
Texas is One of Only 3 States to Begin Paying Extra Unemployment Benefits
Unemployed Texans have begun receiving the extra $300 a week President Donald Trump approved earlier this month. Cisco Gamez with the Texas Workforce Commission...
Texas Grid Ready For Cold Snap, State Regulators Claim
Jan 19 (Reuters) - Nearly all of Texas' electric generation units and transmission facilities have passed the state's new winterization rules, the state grid...
