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Texas lawmakers demand CenterPoint customers not pay $800M generator bill after fiery hearing
After grilling CenterPoint's CEO, Texas lawmakers worried that not enough would be done to keep the lights on during this hurricane season. Still, they're using Monday's testimony to craft legislation to address the issue long-term.An 11-hour Texas Senate hearing was only the beginning for some lawmakers to tackle southeast Texas' power problem."I'm talking about one company who blew it," State Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, said on Monday, calling out CenterPoint.Senators focused frustration on its CEO and its hurricane preparedness plan.ABC13 asked lawmakers why it took a storm to take place before calling a hearing.SEE ALSO: Texas lawmakers grill CenterPoint in...
Texas nabs nine slots in top ten cities for growth
Texas Towns Dominate List of Fastest-Growing US Cities. Per new data from the US Census Bureau, 9 of the top 10 fastest-growing US cities are in Texas. The data reflects population changes in towns and cities with a population of 20,000 or more between July 2020 and July 2023. URL:...
Buc-ee’s, A Texas Original, Questioned In Regards To Awkward Billboard
Buc-ee's is well known around the state of Texas and the nation as a whole. Everyone at one point in their lives has seen a advertisement for the very famous gas station. They all have a certain personality to them as well. These billboards even generate attention online for the various phrases on them.
Watch Bus Transporting Prisoners in Texas Catches Fire
Texas Drama: Prisoner Transport Bus Catches Fire on I-45 The video at the bottom of this article looks like it comes from a prison escape movie. Imagine driving down I-45 in Texas and running across a prisoner transfer bus on fire. Evacuate. The bus, loaded with inmates, was heading to...
Watch Massive Rocket Cruising Down Texas Highway
You Won't Believe Your Eyes: Massive Starbase Rocket Spotted Cruising Down Texas Highway. The video below shows a massive rocket from SpaceX Starbase being transported down a Texas highway. Starbase is an industrial complex for Starship rockets, located near Brownsville, Texas, United States. Awe-Inspiring Scale. The rocket, part of SpaceX's...
Texas AG wins $1.4 billion from tech company settlement
(The Center Square) – The state of Texas obtained a major settlement from a lawsuit against the major tech company Meta over their unauthorized handling of their users' biometric data, according to a news release from Tuesday. The settlement comes a little over two years after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton originally filed a lawsuit against the major technology conglomerate Meta, formerly known as Facebook, back in February 2022. Paxton’s decision to sue Meta came to light due to their violating privacy data rights of...
Texas Prisoners Are Being 'Cooked Alive' by High Temperatures, Investigation Says
Inmates in Texas state prisons are being "cooked alive" by scorching temperatures in facilities without air conditioning, a new investigation claims. Documents obtained by The Texas Newsroom, a public radio collaboration of multiple Texas stations, showed that even as inmates died with body temperatures nearing 107 degrees, officials have continued to blame their deaths on causes other than extreme heat.
Former prisoners describe suffocating heat in Texas lockups as they plead for air conditioning
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Describing Texas prisons as so hot that inmates would cool off by splashing themselves with toilet water or faking suicide attempts to get moved to cooler medical areas, advocates on Tuesday asked a federal judge to declare the state prison system’s lack of air conditioning as unconstitutional cruel and unusual punishment. Tuesday began a multi-day hearing in a lawsuit that seeks to force Texas to fully air condition a prison system that houses more than 130,000 inmates, but has full AC in only about a third of its 100 prison units. The rest have partial...
A Third Texas Pastor In Two Months Has Resigned Over 'Inappropriate' Actions
Josiah Anthony, the now-former lead pastor of Cross Timbers Church, resigned from his position. Per WFAA, Anthony left due to "inappropriate and hurtful" actions. In a statement to WFAA, Cross Timbers officials stated that Anthony's alleged actions "[do] not include any children, physical or sexual interactions or any illegal activity to our knowledge."
El Paso Chamber to host Rep-Elect Vincent Perez at Pints & Politics event
EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — One of Texas' newest state representatives will take to the silver screen -- sort of -- for a civic discussion over frosty beverages in west El Paso on Thursday. The El Paso Chamber on Thursday will host Pints & Politics featuring Texas State Representative-Elect...
Taylor man arrested on drug and weapons charges after search
TAYLOR, Texas — Williamson County authorities arrested a man on drug and weapons charges Tuesday following the execution of a narcotics search warrant in Taylor. The Williamson County Sheriff's Office Organized Crime Unit and K9 unit conducted the search at a residence at 905 Gilmore Street. Slade Brockman, 43,...
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