Biden surveys Texas storm damage, urges virus shots
HOUSTON, Texas — President Joe Biden heard firsthand from Texans clobbered by this month’s brutal winter weather on Friday and pledged to stick…
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Gov. Abbott says Texas mask order, other virus restrictions could end ‘pretty soon’
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott said Thursday that Texas is looking at when it will be able to lift all statewide orders related to the coronavirus…
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Abbott unveils effort to vaccinate Texas seniors
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott was in Corpus Christi Thursday and held a news conference honoring the local fire department for their…
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Texas woman sues electric company after her bill was nearly $10,000
HOUSTON, Texas — A Texas woman has filed a proposed billion-dollar class-action lawsuit against electric company Griddy Energy that alleges the…
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Texas bakery gives away thousands of dollars in groceries to help those hardest hit by storms
The owners of a local bakery in Austin, Texas, are helping their community dig out from the devastating winter storms that struck last week by…
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El Paso natives lose everything in huge San Antonio apartment blaze
SAN ANTONIO, Texas — A pair of El Paso natives are still trying to piece together their lives after losing everything in a massive apartment complex…
Continue Reading Texas storm victims are facing a now-familiar battle: Covid
While most Texans had more than enough to worry about in last week’s icy storm that led to power outages and water problems, some, like Tania…
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Texas Gov. Abbott, in statewide address, promises answers on winter storm disaster
AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott, speaking Wednesday evening in a rare statewide televised address, sought to reassure Texans that the state…
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6th board member resigns during meeting of Texas energy grid operator in wake of storm outages
AUSTIN, Texas — A sixth board member of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas – the entity that manages and operates the electricity grid that…
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Texas judge blocks Biden’s moratorium on most deportations
HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge has indefinitely banned President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on…
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TikTok user raises $7,000 and drives for 12 hours to bring supplies to struggling Texans
KILLEEN, Texas — Chris Wieland was scrolling through TikTok when he saw the devastation that last week’s winter storm wreaked on Texans.…
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How Texas’s deregulated market for power led to exorbitant electric bills
Katrina Tanner typically pays around $120 a month for her electric bill during the winter. But last week, as a winter storm caused power outages for…
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5 power grid board members who live outside Texas resign in aftermath of storm outages
AUSTIN, Texas — Five board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas — the entity that manages and operates the electricity grid that…
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton traveled to Utah during devastating winter storms
AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, left Texas and traveled to Utah last week while the…
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Lawsuit alleges Texas boy died of hypothermia after power went out in his mobile home
CONROE, Texas — The family of an 11-year-old Texas boy who died last week after a record-breaking deep freeze is suing the Electric Reliability…
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Caught on video: ‘By the grace of God’ no one hurt in fiery Texas train crash, explosion
CAMERON, Texas — A sheriff in central Texas said people living near a fiery train crash and explosion Tuesday were spared “by the grace of God” from…
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After a deadly storm, some Texans must change electric providers while others still don’t have water
For many Texans, basic necessities like clean running water and a stable electricity provider may seem like a pipe dream right now. It’s been a…
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Biden coming to Texas on Friday in the wake of storm, power outages
HOUSTON, Texas — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel to Houston on Friday as the state of Texas works to recover from…
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Regulators examine Texas energy market after natural gas prices soared 10,000%
Federal regulators are looking closely at the Texas energy market after natural gas prices rocketed during last week’s deep freeze. And…
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Texas is still reeling from devastating winter storms and for some, recovery could take months
HOUSTON, Texas — Monica Ware, a mother of four, says the broken water pipes that flooded her Houston home as winter storms pounded Texas last…
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