The former ERCOT CEO testified that Gov. Abbott told him during the winter storm to "do whatever necessary to prevent further rotating blackouts."
Capitol heavyweights are again throwing punches over the state's response to the power grid blackouts of February.
Though he had previously announced his intent to run again in 2022, Rep. Chris Paddie (R-Marshall) has changed course.
This week — Lt. Governor Dan Patrick lists priority items for the next special session, a lawmaker is censured by his local GOP, and an agency gives an update on the pandemic unemployment.
Confronting the financial aftermath of the February blackouts is proving to be the more disagreeable of the issues surrounding the winter storm's fallout.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed into law the state's omnibus response to the February blackouts along with ERCOT reform.
Casino gambling company Las Vegas Sands Corp. hired 73 lobbyists to advance casino bills during the regular session.
State party officials currently are not required to resign their post before running for another political office, but newly-passed legislation would close that discrepancy.
This week — a group of Republicans vote to kill the taxpayer-funded lobbying ban, House and Senate bicker over session accomplishments, and the staffer at the center of the lobbyist date-rape drug false allegations resigns.
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin has endorsed Republican Don Huffines, a former state senator who is challenging Gov. Greg Abbott.
Proponents of a ban on taxpayer-funded lobbying have come up empty for the second session in a row.
Legislation aimed at remedying the underlying causes of the February blackouts has been approved by both legislative chambers.
