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Gov. Greg Abbott says power is almost fully restored statewide and grocery stores will soon be restocked
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Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday...
Gov. Greg Abbott says state leaders are moving to alleviate massive energy bills following winter storm
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Gov. Greg Abbott on Saturday...
Analysis: A winter storm leaves Texas with a black eye
Texas got close to the brink this week, as bad weather, inadequate preparation and weak leadership left millions without electricity and water, endangered in...
Dwindling food, flooded halls, unflushable toilets: Texas’ university dorms descend into chaos during winter storm
At first, the snow was exciting, ethereal, dreamy, said college students who bundled up Sunday night to play like children in the unusual Texas...
Texas crisis has governor facing big backer: energy industry
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — As frozen Texas reels under one of the worst electricity outages in U.S. history, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott has blamed...
Power grid operator: Texas isn’t “out of the woods yet,” but system is stabilizing
The operator of Texas' power grid said Thursday that it has made significant progress in returning energy to the state's system and is no...
Texas was “seconds and minutes” away from catastrophic monthslong blackouts, officials say
Texas’ power grid was “seconds and minutes” away from a catastrophic failure that could have left Texans in the dark for months, officials with...
Tailwater acquires midstream company with North Texas storage facilities, pipelines and hub
Tailwater Capital LLC, a private equity firm based in Dallas, on Feb. 18 announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire NorTex Midstream...
Texans running out of food as weather crisis cripples supply chain
The state's week of weather hell started with a deadly 133-car pileup outside of Fort Worth. A winter storm unlike any Texas has ever...
Gov. Greg Abbott and other Republicans blamed green energy for Texas’ power woes. But the state runs on fossil fuels.
Millions of Texans didn’t have power Tuesday night, and the arctic blast was still pummeling the state. Many were looking for answers on why...
EXPLAINER: Why the power grid failed in Texas and beyond
DALLAS (AP) — The power outages tormenting Texas in uncharacteristically Arctic temperatures are exposing weaknesses in an electricity system designed when the weather’s seasonal...
‘A complete bungle’: Texas’ energy pride goes out with cold
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Anger over Texas’ power grid failing in the face of a record winter freeze mounted Tuesday as millions of residents...
