Texas House Speaker Disagrees With Bill Senate Passed To Reverse ERCOT's Overcharges
In a statement Tuesday, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan expressed doubts about lawmakers changing ERCOT's pricing during February's winter storms.
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In a statement Tuesday, Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan expressed doubts about lawmakers changing ERCOT's pricing during February's winter storms.
"Tonight, I asked for and accepted the resignation of PUC Commissioner Arthur D'Andrea. I will be naming a replacement in the coming days..," Gov. Greg Abbott said.
Despite wholesale electricity provider Griddy filing for bankruptcy on March 15, on Tuesday Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the company will forgive $29 million in electric bills.
Houston expanded voting access during the 2020 election and now Texas Republicans are targeting the city, and the county it sits in, with a series of measures that would limit early voting, make it harder to get and return absentee ballots, and more.
They are calling for more doses and said the the lack of doses delivered to Texas is, "unacceptable."
Lt. Governor Dan Patrick declared a legislative victory, saying, "I'm so proud of the Senate. Every member who stepped up to have their voice heard on behalf of the people of Texas."
The U.S. government plans to use the downtown Dallas convention center to hold up to 3,000 immigrant teenagers as sharply higher numbers of border crossings have severely strained the current capacity to hold youths.
President Joe Biden set a goal of July 4 to reopen the country in his first primetime address on Thursday night.
While ending Texas' coronavirus restrictions, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott is also voicing concerns about the virus' spread to migrants with COVID-19 crossing the U.S.-Mexico border -- though there has been no evidence of that actually happening.
Former Presidents George W. Bush, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and their respective former first ladies are part of a newly released ad campaign urging Americans to get the coronavirus vaccine.
The House has approved the final version of President Biden's $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief bill. The bill, known as the American Rescue Plan Act, passed by a vote of 220 to 211.
Texans are no longer under a statewide mandate to wear face coverings in public, but residents shouldn't be too quick to throw out their masks.
"The emergency item includes any inaccurate excessive charges and any issues regarding ancillary service prices," the brief news release said.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott did not mince words when demanding that the Biden administration send COVID-19 vaccines to border patrol officers on the U.S.- Mexico border.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott addressed the press at the Texas-Mexico border to discuss the state's border security efforts amid what he calls the ongoing humanitarian crisis.
