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State. Rep. John Bryant, D-Dallas, led a small coalition of progressives on Thursday in supporting a new package of property tax relief measures that tops out larger than any other proposal yet.

The Texas Senate on the first day of the Legislature’s second special session unanimously passed a tax bill last Wednesday that increases the homestead exemption and includes a pay hike

LANSING — With July being Michigan Beer Month, a state organization is deciding to raise a glass.

The Texas Senate on the first day of the Legislature’s second special session unanimously passed a tax bill last Wednesday that increases the homestead exemption and includes a pay hike

The same sun that is scorching Texas is keeping the air conditioning running, no matter what certain Lone Star legislators say

Former correctional officers describe dangerously hot conditions in prisons without air conditioning that lead to weekly medical emergencies and severe staffing shortages.

Https://youtu.be/zRzVsqBUTDE Michael Webber is a great follow on Twitter, someone I interviewed a couple years ago, and have always looked to for informed takes on Texas as a microcosm for the larger grid. Above, he had a great segment on PBS Newshour today, below, his piece in the Sunday NYTimes. Michael Webber in the New…

A record heat wave, and its connections to climate change, are highlighting again the growing concerns around America’s electrical grid and whether it can…

What if utilities just gave money to people to reduce their power use during peak hours?

Texas has seen a boom in solar power in recent years, and experts say that’s helped the state grid weather an intense June heat wave.