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Texas Gov. Abbott, in statewide address, promises answers on winter storm disaster

February 24, 2021 4:04 PM Texas Tribune, ABC News

AUSTIN, Texas — Gov. Greg Abbott, speaking Wednesday evening in a rare statewide televised address, sought to reassure Texans that the state…

WATCH: Las Cruces mayor gives State of City Address

February 24, 2021 12:06 PM KVIA ABC-7

LAS CRUCES, New Mexico — Las Cruces Mayor Ken Miyagishima delivered his annual State of the City Address on…

Texas judge blocks Biden’s moratorium on most deportations

February 24, 2021 11:05 AM Associated Press

HOUSTON, Texas — A federal judge has indefinitely banned President Joe Biden’s administration from enforcing a 100-day moratorium on…

5 power grid board members who live outside Texas resign in aftermath of storm outages

February 23, 2021 2:25 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Five board members of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas — the entity that manages and operates the electricity grid that…

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton traveled to Utah during devastating winter storms

February 23, 2021 5:09 PM CNN Newsource

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and his wife, state Sen. Angela Paxton, left Texas and traveled to Utah last week while the…

Biden coming to Texas on Friday in the wake of storm, power outages

February 23, 2021 10:56 AM CNN Newsource

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…

photo of no trespassing sign in downtown El Paso

Lawyers accuse El Paso County of ‘intentionally misleading’ public about downtown historic district

February 22, 2021 11:54 AM Shelby Montgomery

EL PASO, Texas — The Kemp Smith law office has drafted a letter to downtown El Paso property owners, who are located in a proposed historic…

Texas Gov. Abbott announces moratorium on power disconnects for non-payment in wake of storm

February 21, 2021 1:32 PM Texas Tribune, ABC News, Associated Press

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Sunday that the Texas Public Utilities Commission is ordering a moratorium for energy companies to…

Texas GOP congressman knocks Cruz for Cancun trip and says when a crisis hits, ‘I’m not going to go on some vacation’

February 21, 2021 4:45 PM CNN Newsource

WASHINGTON, DC — Texas GOP Rep. Michael McCaul on Sunday delivered a pointed rebuke of Sen. Ted Cruz following his much-criticized trip to…

AOC raises nearly $5 million in Texas relief efforts

February 21, 2021 4:40 PM CNN Newsource

WASHINGTON, DC — Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez had amassed $4.7 million in her fundraising efforts to help Texans hard hit by last…

Texas congressman says emergency aid will help Texans pay high energy bills charged after deep freeze

February 21, 2021 3:05 PM CNN Newsource

Federal emergency funds meant to help Texans recover from a deep freeze will also be used to help some residents pay exorbitantly high energy bills…

Bill Gates says trade-offs by state of Texas lead to storm deaths

February 21, 2021 9:44 AM CNN

In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Bill Gates said deaths during Texas’ winter freeze were preventable, caused by the…

‘Saturday Night Live’ mocks Ted Cruz’s trip to Cancun, NY Gov. Cuomo’s nursing home data scandal

February 21, 2021 7:17 AM CNN Newsource

“Saturday Night Live” felt like a lot of people needed to apologize this week, so on Saturday’s episode that’s what happened.…

Spending on libations, catering by New Mexico’s governor during pandemic draws criticism

February 20, 2021 5:28 PM Associated Press

SANTA FE, New Mexico — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham says she regrets discretionary spending of taxpayer money that included $6,500 on…

Texas officials are investigating outrageous energy bills in storm price surge

February 20, 2021 5:15 PM CNN

DALLAS, Texas — Dallas resident DeAndre Upshaw said it was “very shocking” when he opened his latest electricity bill. “While…

Gov. Abbott, Texas lawmakers huddle on potential massive spikes in energy bills amid storm recovery

February 20, 2021 1:22 PM ABC News, Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Warmer temperatures spread across the southern United States on Saturday, bringing some relief to a winter weary region that faces…

Biden declares major disaster in Texas allowing federal aid to flow

February 20, 2021 9:04 AM Associated Press

WASHINGTON, DC — The extreme winter weather that left residents of Texas and other Southern states shivering through an unseasonal cold spell…

Texas lawmakers consider potential bans on transgender medical care

February 19, 2021 7:38 PM KVIA ABC-7

EL PASO, Texas — The Texas Legislature is considering two bills related to transgender medical and healthcare that propose potential bans. House…

New Mexico lawmakers send abortion rights bill to governor for signature

February 19, 2021 7:13 PM Associated Press

SANTA FE, New Mexico — A Democrat-led Legislature in New Mexico pushed forward Friday to ensure future access to abortions by voting to repeal a…

While Cruz was traveling from Cancun, O’Rourke and AOC helped Texans in crisis

February 19, 2021 2:44 PM CNN Newsource

HOUSTON, Texas — While Sen. Ted Cruz was dealing with the fallout from his trip to Cancun, two of his Democratic political nemeses — Beto…

Fact check: ‘When Texas freezes over’ tweet is a fake, not from Ted Cruz

February 19, 2021 2:37 PM CNN Newsource

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz is facing widespread criticism and mockery for taking a trip to Cancun, Mexico, as his constituents suffered through a winter…

WATCH: Texas Gov. Greg Abbott gives update on storm response

February 19, 2021 1:54 PM Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas’ power grid operator said Friday that rolling outages were no longer needed to balance supply and demand and the state’s…

Texas grid operator says power back to normal; Biden to visit state

February 19, 2021 10:21 AM Jim Parker

AUSTIN, Texas — The state’s power grid operator, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), on Friday said “operations have returned to…

Ted Cruz admits ‘mistake’ of Mexico trip after storm hit Texas

February 18, 2021 9:03 AM Associated Press, ABC News, CNN, Texas Tribune

CANCUN, Mexico — U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas traveled to Mexico for a family vacation as his home state struggled with a powerful winter…

Abbott says Texas lawmakers must mandate weatherization of power plants in wake of storm

February 18, 2021 2:10 PM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press, Texas Tribune

AUSTIN, Texas — As the state’s power grid operator works to restore power to hundreds of thousands of Texas households in the wake of a massive…

Biden declares emergency in Texas; FEMA sends generators, supplies

February 18, 2021 11:34 AM Jim Parker

WASHINGTON, DC — The Biden administration has authorized the Federal Emergency Management Agency to provide generators and supplies to Texas and…

Texas Republicans criticized for misleading claims that renewable energy sources caused massive outages

February 18, 2021 9:13 AM CNN

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans are seeking to deflect blame, misleadingly pointing to renewable energy sources…

Abbott orders fuel producers to sell to in-state power generators amid no timeline for end of outages

February 17, 2021 1:33 PM Texas Tribune, Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas — As millions of Texans continue to struggle with power outages during a massive winter storm, Gov. Greg Abbott on…

Beto O’Rourke rips Gov. Abbott over claims blaming Texas blackouts on renewable energy

February 17, 2021 9:25 AM KVIA ABC-7, Associated Press

EL PASO, Texas — Former El Paso congressman Beto O’Rourke, who has hinted at a run for Texas’ chief executive position, ripped into Gov. Greg Abbott…

Texas mayor quits after calling residents ‘lazy’ and ‘weak’ amid power outages from storm

February 16, 2021 8:45 PM Jim Parker

COLORADO CITY, Texas — The mayor of this Texas town of about 4,000 people stepped down Tuesday in the wake of a controversial social media post in…