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In addition to equipment problems, demand for electricity in Texas hit a record 69,692 megawatts (MW) on February 14 — 3,200 MW higher than the previous record set in January 2018 and 12,329 MW higher than its current capacity. [64] [65] The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) initiated rotating outages at 1:25am on February 15. [66]
In 2021, Abbott signed into law the “Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act,” which the Texas legislature unanimously passed to ban Texas governmental entities and businesses from entering ...
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect Texans from the coordinated harassment and coercion by the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the Chinese ...
The latest TdA arrests were by Operation Lone Star officers on Dec. 31 in Maverick County near Eagle Pass, Texas. They were a (The Center Square) – As crime expands in at least 22 states by ...
The death rate in Texas was 175 for every 100,000 people, while national COVID-19 death rate was 179 per 100,000. [ 6 ] As of April 3, 2021, vaccination in Texas lagged behind the US average, with rates lower than in three of four neighboring states, having administered 12,565,129 COVID-19 vaccine doses, equivalent to 43,334 doses per-100,000 ...
Areas throughout the South are bracing for the serious flooding consequences of 4-8 inches of rain and locally higher amounts into the start of this weekend, in addition to severe thunderstorms ...
The government of Texas's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the state consisted of a decentralized system that was mostly reliant on local policies. As the pandemic progressed in Texas and throughout the rest of the country, the Texas government closed down several businesses and parks, and it eventually imposed a statewide stay-at-home order in late May.
Biden has been president for only two years; Abbott has been Texas governor for eight years, the same time Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick and Attorney General Ken Paxton have been in office.