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The price hikes come as Texans grapple with high costs at the fuel pump and in grocery stores.

The cost of electricity in Texas is tightly tied to the price of natural gas, which has more than doubled since Russia invaded Ukraine in late February.

Texas power grid leaders confident the lights will stay on this summer

Mitchell Ferman. Mitchell Ferman is a Houston-based reporter for The Texas Tribune, covering energy and the economy. Before joining the Tribune, he was a reporter for The Monitor in McAllen, Texas, where he covered cross-border trade and politics. He also regularly freelanced from the Rio Grande Valley for The New York Times, Texas Monthly, and Reuters. He wrote about such topics as the immigrant family separation crisis and unexpected consequences of the border wall. Ferman is a graduate of the...

His order for increased state inspections led to snarling delays in trade between the two countries.

His order for increased state inspections led to snarling delays in trade between the two countries.

State troopers ordered by Gov. Greg Abbott to inspect every commercial truck coming from Mexico found zero drugs, weapons or any other type of contraband, according to data released by the Department of Public Safety to The Texas Tribune.

His order for increased state inspections led to snarling delays in trade between the two countries.

His order for increased state inspections led to snarling delays in trade between the two...

Abbott ends border inspections that clogged commercial traffic