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Texas Senate sets rules for Paxton impeachment trial

Ken Paxton has to sit in the Senate during his impeachment trial. His wife, Angela will be there too as a State Senator, but she won't be allowed to vote. The What's Your Point panel shares their opinion of the Senate's rules. ....

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Property tax cut stalemate continues at the Capitol

State Senators refused to throw in the towel on the Special Session, even though House members technically ended it on Tuesday. ....

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Texas Congresswoman Upset With Redistricting Plan

U.S. Congressman Sheila Jackson Lee
Members of the Texas Senate heard complaints from members of congress about the proposed new maps for congressional districts. Houston Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee says the new boundaries would put her in the same district as Houston Congressman Al Green. In ....

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ERCOT CEO Defends Power Outages As Texas Lawmakers Probe Winter Storm Response – Houston Public Media

ERCOT CEO Defends Power Outages As Texas Lawmakers Probe Winter Storm Response
Bill Magness, CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, said widespread blackouts during last week’s winter storm were necessary to prevent grid failure.
February 25, 2021, 6:00 AM
Curtis Morgan, the CEO of Vistra Corp., at table left, testifies as the Committees on State Affairs and Energy Resources holds a joint public hearing to consider the factors that led to statewide electrical blackouts, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The hearings were the first in Texas since a blackout that was one of the worst in U.S. history, leaving more than 4 million customers without power and heat in subfreezing temperatures. ....

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WATCH: Texas Lawmakers Hold First Hearings On Historic Blackouts

Updated 11:11 p.m.
The head of the state s power grid operator on Thursday defended the group’s decision to order widespread blackouts during last week s winter storm, telling state lawmakers that doing so helped prevent a larger disaster.
Last week’s freezing weather led to skyrocketing demand and unprecedented strain on the power grid, forcing the Electric Reliability Council of Texas to enact sustained outages across the state to keep its grid from collapsing.
But in response to a question from state Sen. John Whitmire, D-Houston, ERCOT CEO Bill Magness said that he had no regrets about the response, and that he made the right call to avoid a major grid failure that could have left Texans in the dark for weeks. ....

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