Opinion: Who should Texas blame for the blackout?
FacebookTwitterEmail
State Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, left, questions Bill Magness, President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) about the power outage last week s deadly winter freeze during the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce in the Senate Gallery at the Capitol on Thursday Feb. 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas. Listening is State Sen. Robert Nichols, R-Jacksonville. (Jay Janner/Austin American-Statesman via AP)Jay Janner, MBR / Associated Press
Public hearing
Regarding “Answers on outages,” (A10, Feb. 25). While we’re scrambling to point fingers at who’s to blame, let’s not ignore the three fingers pointing back at us. Texas voters have by and large bought into the myth of deregulation. It’s a mantra for politicians all too willing to exploit it for power and profit.
A scientific team led by Brian Brown, PhD, Professor of Genetics and Genomic Sciences and Associate Director of the Precision Immunology Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (New York, New York), has been awarded $500,000 from Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy to advance a promising immunotherapy approach to fight lung cancer and other solid tumor cancers.
Suspect in custody for allegedly stabbing man in Katy church parking lot
FacebookTwitterEmail
1of3
Muhammad Sabally, 20, was arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021.Courtesy of the Fort Bend County Sheriff s OfficeShow MoreShow Less
2of3
A suspect is in custody after a man was stabbed multiple times in the parking lot of Katy s First Baptist Church on Friday, Feb. 26, 2021.Google map imageShow MoreShow Less
3of3
A man has been arrested and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after allegedly stabbing another man multiple times in the parking lot of Katy’s First Baptist Church on Friday, Feb. 26.
Opinion: I didn t recognize my country - Readers share how they weathered the winter storm
FacebookTwitterEmail
1of3
Annabeth Golden, 12, with mom Heather Golden, finally gets a cup of hot chocolate Friday. Instead of a typically toasty home, the arctic blast left her family in the dark, “desolate, lonely and cold.”Yi-Chin Lee, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
2of3
Houston Chronicle reader Bill Pond holds a photo of his parents, Minnie and Bill, in the home he has lived in since he was a child Friday, Feb. 26, 2021, in Humble. Pond said that during the frigid cold he could hear the beams expand and creak.Steve Gonzales, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less