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Gov. Greg Abbott signs Senate Bill 2 and Senate Bill 3 at the Texas Capitol on June 8, 2022. The omnibus power grid bills will change the state’s power grid and the people who oversee it.
Texas House Dems and legislative staffers take Abbott to court for defunding Legislature
A group that includes Texas House Democrats and legislative staffers is asking the Texas Supreme Court to override Gov. Greg Abbott’s recent veto of a portion of the state budget that funds the … more
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Chairs in the House Chamber at the Texas Capitol on June 21, 2021. Abbott’s office did not specify what legislative priorities will be included on the special session agenda and said in an advisory that such items “will be announced prior to the convening of the special session.”
Abbott sets July 8 date for special legislative session
Gov. Greg Abbott has set a special session of the Texas Legislature starting July 8, his office announced Tuesday. Abbott’s office did not specify what legislative priorities will be … more
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Power consumption continues to dominate Texas headlines periodically after February's Winter Storm Ike caused property damage due to associated power failures throughout the state.
Capital Highlights: Heat wave prompts conservation call and 5 other Texas issues
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas urged Texans to cut back on power usage last week when an unusually large number of power plants shut down for unexpected repairs as temperatures soared. … more
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Electrical power lines near the Austin Energy/Sand Hill Energy Center in Del Valle are shown on March 24, 2020.
Grid operator says Texans can return to regular electricity use
Texans no longer need to cut back on their electricity use to avoid stressing the electrical grid, according to the current grid conditions on the Electric Reliability Council of Texas … more
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Workers continue to build homes in the Elyson subdivision along FM 529 in the northern portion of the Katy area. Builders have been hard-pressed to find lumber which experts say has increased in price by about 300% recently, in part due to the pandemic, though raw timber prices have remained steady.
Capital Highlights: Lumber price surge not affecting timber prices & 4 other Texas issues
One economic consequence of the pandemic lockdown has been a surge in lumber prices of more than 300%, according to the Texas A&M Forest Service. However, landowners who grow and harvest timber … more
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ERCOT is asking Texans to reduce their energy usage over the next several days in order to help keep the grid running smoothly.
ERCOT asks Texans to conserve energy
The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) is asking Texans to reduce electric use as much as possible today through Friday, June 18. A significant number of forced generation outages combined … more
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Threadgill’s restaurant in Austin closed permanently due to the coronavirus pandemic. As vaccinations increase and unemployments go down, Texas is ending some pandemic-era unemployment benefits and exemptions. The state's unemployment agency is ending that exemption June 26, when out-of-work Texans will also stop receiving an extra $300 in federal jobless benefits.
Fear of coronavirus will no longer be acceptable reason for Texans on unemployment to turn down jobs
Jobless Texans who refuse work offers because they feel like the job isn’t safe during the pandemic won’t be able to receive unemployment benefits as of June 26, the Texas Workforce … more
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A COVID-19 vaccine registration card. Gov. Greg Abbott will sign a bill into law that will punish businesses that require proof of vaccination from customers. Abbott's signature means that businesses that require so-called vaccine passports can't get state contracts and could lose state licenses or operating permits.
Abbott signs bill to punish businesses that require proof of COVID-19 vaccination
Texas businesses that require customers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 will be denied state contracts and could lose their licenses or operating permits under legislation Gov. Greg Abbott signed … more
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Gov. Greg Abbott signed Senate Bills 2 and 3 at the Texas Capitol on Tuesday. The legislation will change how parts of the state’s main power grid must prepare for extreme weather and the governance of the entity that oversees the grid. Senate Bills 2 and 3 are aimed at overhauling the state’s power grid after the devastating winter storm in February and the widespread power outages that followed.
Texas power generation companies will have to better prepare for extreme weather under new laws
Gov. Greg Abbott signed into law Tuesday two bills meant to improve the state’s main power grid and change the governance of the agency that operates it. Calls for sweeping changes to … more
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More than 55% of the state's population growth has been in cities with more than 50,000 residents according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Capital Highlights: Population changes and 5 other Texas issues
Population gains, losses in state detailed The U.S. Census Bureau has released is sub-county population estimates from April 2010 to July 2020. That includes population estimates for the 1,200 … more
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Texas Republican Party Chair Allen West spoke to a crowd protesting Gov. Greg Abbott’s pandemic orders at the Governor’s Mansion last year. West declined to say whether he was eyeing any particular statewide office, though he told a radio host earlier Friday morning that the host was "safe" to assume West was mulling a gubernatorial run.
Allen West resigns as chair of Texas Republican Party
Texas GOP Chair Allen West announced his resignation Friday morning and said he is considering running for another office, potentially one that is statewide. During a news conference here, West … more
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Students are socially distanced in the lunchroom at Jacob’s Well Elementary School in Wimberley. The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will allocate around $2.5 billion in food benefits to all eligible families. School districts will notify families about eligibility by June 2.
Texas families with students receiving free or reduced-price lunches may be eligible for up to $1,200 in food aid
Update: Pandemic EBT card applications are open now through Aug. 13 for families who started relying on SNAP after May 2021 and have children born before Aug. 1, 2014. Original story: Texas … more
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House members praised House Speaker Dade Phelan on the last day of the legislative session. Members celebrated the end of the session, but also acknowledged that they’ll be back sometime soon for at least one special session.
With feelings raw over voting bill's demise, Texas Legislature wraps up — for now
The Texas Legislature closed out its regular 140-day session Monday with sniping among the state’s top political leaders and lawmakers already well aware they will be back this calendar year … more
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State Rep. Jessica González, D-Dallas, spoke at a press conference at Mt. Zion Baptist Church in East Austin after Democrats broke quorum in opposition to Senate Bill 7, a sweeping GOP voting bill. May 30, 2021. Midnight was the deadline for the House to approve the legislation that would alter nearly the entire voting process, create new limitations to early voting hours, ratchet up voting-by-mail restrictions and curb local voting options.
Texas Democrats abandon House floor, blocking passage of voting bill before final deadline
The sweeping overhaul of Texas elections and voter access was poised from the beginning of the session to pass into law. It had the backing of Republican leaders in both chambers of the Legislature. … more
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The bill would require teachers who discuss current events to make sure to share various perspectives without giving deference to one side. Texas educators worry the bill would have a chilling effect on tough conversations about race and racism. GOP lawmakers say they wanted to ensure teachers’ personal biases stay out of their lessons.
Texas bill limiting teaching of current events, historic racism appears headed for governor
Texas GOP senators revived a contentious bill Friday night that would limit how Texas teachers can talk about current events and America’s history of racism in the classroom, hours after House … more
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Legislators will be returning this fall for a special legislative session after they failed to address all of the items Tex. Gov. Greg Abbott wanted them to.
Capital Highlights: 7 state news bits Katy area residents should know
Special session coming this fall Texas lawmakers will adjourn the regular session on Monday — Memorial Day — but Gov. Greg Abbott has already indicated he will call a special session … more
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Damage from Hurricane Harvey near the Gulf Coast on Aug. 27, 2017. Harvey decimated much of the Texas coastline and destroyed homes throughout Greater Houston, including in the Katy area. Many area residents are still trying to recover from the historic storm.
Houston, Harris Co. get zero of $1 billion federal Hurricane Harvey relief funding
Despite bearing the brunt of the damage from Hurricane Harvey in 2017, Harris County and Houston were awarded $0 of the $1 billion in a first round of federal relief funding related to the storm, … more
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Texas restaurants were among business forced to close due to the coronavirus pandemic last year. More than a year after restrictions began to lift, many Texans are still out of work — and will soon lose federal unemployment benefits.
Jobless Texans say Abbott's federal unemployment opt out causes harm
Since she lost her job as a customer service coordinator at a department store, Mary Baker has cut down on everything she can to make ends meet while she searches for a new job. The San Antonio … more
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Lisa Chumley of Dallas received a bill of over $11,000 from Griddy for less of a week of electricity during the winter storm. Many Texans had similar experiences.
Texas Legislature approves bill to ban residential wholesale electricity plans
With just over two weeks remaining in the legislative session, the governor’s office is getting the first key bill that Texas House and Senate lawmakers have passed in response to … more
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The Katy Prairie Conservancy, a nature preserve north of the city of Katy, has received funding for an initiative to preserve coastal prairie land in a program with several regional partners.
Katy Prairie Conservancy and climate partners announce $7 million in funding
The Katy Prairie Conservancy, a nature preserve just north of the city of Katy, has announced that it, along with its partner organizations, has received a $7 million pledge of funding from the … more
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