Fact check: Abbott exaggerates COVID-19 concerns about migrants entering Texas
Brandon Mulder, PolitiFact
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Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters during a press conference about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt s District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
One day after Gov. Greg Abbott announced he would lift the statewide mask mandate and allow all businesses to open to 100% capacity, the governor turned his attention to the coronavirus spreading along the Texas-Mexico border. The Biden Administration is recklessly releasing hundreds of illegal immigrants who have COVID into Texas communities, the governor said in a March 3 tweet. The Biden Admin. must IMMEDIATELY end this callous act that exposes Texans & Americans to COVID.
Goose Creek CISD committee recommends keeping name of Robert E. Lee school
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Kevin Craven speaks at the Goose Creek CISD s board meeting Monday, March 1, 2021 in Baytown. Members of a committee tasked with studying whether to change the name of Robert E. Lee High School will presented their recommendations to Goose Creek CISD s board on Monday. The district s high school is one of only three campuses in Texas still named after Lee, and the debate surrounding the potential name change has exposed a chasm in the community.Melissa Phillip, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Valeria Tijerina Gil leaves after speaking at the Goose Creek CISD s board meeting Monday, March 1, 2021 in Baytown. Members of a committee tasked with studying whether to change the name of Robert E. Lee High School will presented their recommendations to Goose Creek CISD s board on Monday. The district s high school is one of only three campuses in Texas sti
ERCOT shuts down Griddy, as Paxton sues power retailer over deceptive business practices
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Griddy, the California-based company that is selling wholesale power to Texans, is going head to head against Reliant Energy and TXU for market share. It put up a billboard WTF Reliant on the edge of downtown off of I-10 East, near Gregg ,Monday, July 8, 2019, in Houston. Reliant is reportedly very upset about the sign that went up late last week and has told the sign company to remove it.Karen Warren, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographer
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday filed suit against Griddy, claiming the retail power company used deceptive practices to mislead customers, many of whom were hit with electric bills in the thousands of dollars during the weather-driven power crisis.