Texas Grid Operator to Be Investigated by Congressional Subcommittee
Texas costliest natural disaster will be the subject of a congressional investigation by a House Oversight subcommittee thanks to Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., who is concerned about ERCOT s lack of preparation for extreme winter weather. March 7, 2021, 11am PST | Irvin Dawid Share
Winter storm 2021, as The Texas Tribune has dubbed it, which killed dozens around the state, is expected to be the costliest natural disaster in Texas history, even costlier than Hurricane Harvey, which inflicted $125 billion in damage, writes Bryan Mena, the D.C. reporting fellow for The Texas Tribune, on March 3. It is still too early to tally the total cost of the destruction.
Embattled Census Bureau director resigns
Tara Bahrampour, The Washington Post
Jan. 18, 2021
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The embattled director of the U.S. Census Bureau is resigning in the wake of allegations that he had supported a partisan push to deliver data to President Donald Trump before the president leaves office.
Steven Dillingham s resignation will be effective Wednesday, according to a farewell message he sent to bureau staff, posted Monday on the bureau s website.
Reports last week from bureau whistleblowers said political appointees were pressuring staff there to release data by Jan. 15, regardless of its accuracy. Those reports prompted calls from civil rights groups and Democratic lawmakers for him to resign.