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Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas TribuneAn independent market monitor for the Public Utility Commission of Texas wrote in a letter that ERCOT kept market prices for power too high for nearly two more days after widespread outages ended late Feb. 17. -
Keren Carrión | KERA NewsThis has been a big week for COVID-19 news in North Texas. To start, a third vaccine was approved for emergency use and it's already in Dallas. Also, Gov. Greg Abbott announced that Texas would lift its mask mandate and other pandemic restrictions on businesses.
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“This storm is just a canary in the coal mine for the issues that Texas is going to face into the future.”
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The For the People Act would dramatically overhaul the U.S. voting system and seek to limit the amount of dark money in politics. It is not expected to advance in the Senate.
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Bill Magness, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, becomes the second senior official to depart in the wake of the one of the worst blackouts in U.S. history. The state’s top utility regulator resigned Monday.
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The U.S. Capitol Police says it is aware of and preparing for a threat by an identified militia group to breach the Capitol complex on Thursday.
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In the wake of last month's disastrous winter storm, electricity provider Oncor had to answer tough questions from members of the Dallas City Council.
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Costco, H-E-B, Kroger and Target all provided updates on their policies in the wake of Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision. Buc-ee’s, Randalls and Walmart did not.
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Following a letter from the federal government calling these workers "essential," the Texas Health and Human Services said all school personnel and child care workers would be prioritized for the vaccine.
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A 15-minute call with J&J executives on a Sunday afternoon stretched into a 75-minute turning point. "We have to take bold action and overwhelm this," a senior official said.
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Country music icon Dolly Parton, 75, shared a video of herself getting vaccinated on Tuesday, in which she riffed off her hit song "Jolene" and urged those eligible to get their shots.
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Texas voters support the police and don't want to cut their budgets. But they disagree on the reasons behind the deaths of Black people in encounters with law enforcement, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll.
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The quadrennial Infrastructure Report Card from the American Society of Civil Engineers is an improvement from the D-plus four years ago but shows federal investment is still lacking.
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Republicans have structural advantages that are likely to keep them in power, even as voters fume over power and water outages.
