Why the High Plains turns off its turbines to limit wind production while the Texas power grid is stressed

August 3, 2022

Photo above: The Hale Wind Farm is outside of Petersburg and south of Plainview. Credit: Trace Thomas for The Texas Tribune By Jayme Lozano, The Texas Tribune, Aug. 2, 2022 LUBBOCK — The state’s High Plains region, which covers 41 counties in…

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Texas troopers are causing car chase fatalities and racially profiling drivers under Abbott’s border crackdown, complaint claims

August 2, 2022

Photo above: Texas Department of Public Safety vehicles are parked at a Best Western hotel in Del Rio on July 23, 2021. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune By Jolie McCullough, The Texas Tribune, July 28, 2022 At least 30 people have…

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Dallas landlord made record profits while evading eviction moratoriums, U.S. House committee says

August 2, 2022

Photo above: An aerial view of a Houston housing complex in 2019. A U.S. House subcommittee found that four corporate landlords tried to evict thousands of tenants while a federal ban on evictions was in place. Credit: Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune…

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Almost 600 Texas youth are trapped in a juvenile prison system on the brink of collapse

August 2, 2022

Photo above: The Giddings State School, a Texas Juvenile Justice Department prison in Lee County, on July 20. Last month, the agency reported only 42% of needed security officers at the prison were available. Credit: Jolie McCullough/The Texas Tribune By Jolie McCullough,…

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Bucking other Texas Democrats, Cuellar and Gonzalez vote against U.S. House bill that would ban semi-automatic weapons

August 1, 2022

Photo above: A Springfield Saint Victor AR-15 rifle is displayed during the National Rifle Association annual convention in Houston in May. The U.S. House passed a ban Friday on semi-automatic weapons, but the bill is expected to die in the…

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Judge asks Texas to remove foster care kids from out-of-state facilities facing child abuse investigation

July 27, 2022

Photo above: At least 48 Texas children in the long-term care of the state are housed at facilities run by the groups under the senators’ investigation, said U.S. District Judge Janis Jack. Credit: iStock By Sneha Dey, The Texas Tribune A federal…

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Texas Sales Tax Holiday is Aug. 5-7

July 26, 2022

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 5-7. State law exempts sales tax on qualified items —…

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It’s not just COVID-19: Why Texas faces a teacher shortage

July 26, 2022

Photo above: Gordon Mock, outside of Thompson Elementary School in Houston on Tuesday, says he thought teaching would be his dream job. But he quit the profession in 2018 because of big class sizes, high insurance costs and a lack…

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Texas Drops To #5

July 26, 2022

Dr. M. Ray Perryman, July 20, 2022 About this time last year, I referred to Texas falling to fourth in the CNBC rankings of top states for business as “eerily disturbing.” That remark got more attention than I anticipated. My…

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Offshore wind farm proposed for Gulf of Mexico near Galveston could power 2.3 million homes

July 22, 2022

Photo above: U.S. President Joe Biden holds up a wind turbine size comparison chart while attending a meeting with governors, labor leaders and private companies launching the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership at the White House on June 23. Credit:REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque…

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