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The time is now for Texas to close digital divide expand broadband

Amarillo Globe-News Expanding access to next generation broadband service is key to securing a prosperous future for rural Texas communities across our state. From creating economic opportunity and jobs to strengthening education and improving access to modern health care services, high-speed internet access will play a foundational role in moving rural Texas forward in the 21st century. We’ve seen exactly how important reliable, high-speed internet access is in the past year as the COVID-19 pandemic and social distancing measures migrated everyday activities online. Those without broadband were already struggling to keep pace in our increasingly digital world, and the pandemic exacerbated that problem. This gap in access, commonly known as the digital divide, continues to hold too many communities in rural Texas back. 

Texas Gov Greg Abbott calls spike in energy bills unacceptable, holds emergency huddle with lawmakers

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls spike in energy bills ‘unacceptable,’ holds emergency huddle with lawmakers Robert T. Garrett, The Dallas Morning News © Smiley N. Pool/Staff Photographer/The Dallas Morning News/TNS Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday was to hold an emergency meeting with key lawmakers to discuss ways to prevent spikes in Texans’ energy bills after millions of state residents have endured days of blackouts and water outages. In photo, a man walked home with a case of drinking water distributed Thursday at the Literacy Achieves nonprofit in Dallas Vickery Meadows neighborhood. AUSTIN Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday was to hold an emergency meeting with key lawmakers to discuss ways to prevent spikes in Texans’ energy bills after millions of state residents have endured days of blackouts and water outages.

Texas Gov Greg Abbott calls spike in energy bills unacceptable, holds emergency huddle with lawmakers

Texas Gov Greg Abbott calls spike in energy bills unacceptable, holds emergency huddle with lawmakers
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Dade Phelan calls hearing on blackouts as Texas lawmakers want answers

With millions of Texans huddling in cold homes without power, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan called Tuesday for a hearing next week to address statewide power outages. The House State Affairs and Energy Resources committees on Feb. 25 will review the factors that led to the blackouts across the state “for the express purpose of helping Texans understand what went wrong and how we can prevent these conditions from happening again,” Phelan, R-Beaumont, said in a news release. “We must cut through the finger-pointing and hear directly from stakeholders about the factors that contributed to generation staying down at a time when families needed it most, what our state can do to correct these issues, and what steps regulators and grid operators are taking to safeguard our electric grid,” Phelan said.

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