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Christopher Collins of the Texas Observer, along with other journalists and watchdog groups, are pushing the nonprofit to release internal communications from February's blackouts.
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Millions of Texans will remember February as the month in which they found themselves without electricity, heat and running water during freezing temperatures. The Electric Reliability Council of Texas, the nonprofit corporation that supplies power to most residents of the state, has come under scrutiny because of February s power debacle and now, ERCOT is refusing to turn over records pertaining to its preparation for the severe weather.
In a March 1 letter to Justin Gordon who is an assistant general counsel in the Texas Attorney General s Office and reports to Texas AG Ken Paxton ERCOT representative Jay B. Stewart said that ERCOT is not subject to Texas open records law and asked Paxton to rule accordingly. According to Houston-based attorney Joe Larsen, ERCOT s refusal to hand over those records could result in a legal battle and possibly end up at the Texas Supreme Court.
Age: 65
James T. Campbell lost his father, James Cleophas Campbell, to COVID-19 last March, soon after the pandemic arrived in Texas, and just two weeks after the state’s first reported death. But his close-knit family got little time to mourn its 88-year-old patriarch before the coronavirus struck again. “First we lost my dad, then it took his brothers,” James T. says. His dad’s older brother, Johnny, died of COVID-19 in April. In December, the youngest brother, Percy, passed away from cancer. A month later, another family member died from COVID-19.
“I never knew 2020 would be the year of virtual funerals,” James T. says with a sigh. “I haven’t had a chance to mourn my dad, because I’ve been mourning other relatives.”
Springfield schools called safe after $1.2M ventilation project completed
Updated Mar 05, 2021;
Posted Mar 05, 2021
John Carignan, assistant director of buildings in Springfield (left), and HVAC technician Patrick Sullivan look over the new iWave commercial air cleaners installed in the ventilation system at Roger L Putnam Vocational Technical Academy on Jan. 6, 2021. (Don Treeger / The Republican)
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SPRINGFIELD As state education leaders set the stage on Friday for the reopening of schools in April, in phases under the coronavirus pandemic, city officials said they have gone “above and beyond” the call to make the buildings safe.
The measures include $1.2 million invested in ventilation improvements targeting all school buildings that has now been completed, along with other renovations and COVID-19 precautions, city officials said this week.