The Lege This Week: Out Cold
As disaster unfolded across Texas, state lawmakers were quick to blame the state’s grid operator and the public utility commission. But the Legislature will face a reckoning of its own.
Blue Gibbons, left, and his mother, Heather Gibbons, right, walk along State Highway 249 Monday, February 15 in Tomball, Texas. Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP
As disaster unfolded across Texas, state lawmakers were quick to blame the state’s grid operator and the public utility commission. But the Legislature will face a reckoning of its own.
Blue Gibbons, left, and his mother, Heather Gibbons, right, walk along State Highway 249 Monday, February 15 in Tomball, Texas. Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle via AP
Biden declares major disaster in Texas, 14.4 million people are now under boil orders
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Volunteers load water for people at a San Antonio Food Bank drive-through food distribution site held at Rackspace Technology, Friday, Feb. 19, 2021, in San Antonio. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
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While electricity to much of Texas has been restored, the crisis caused by severe winter weather is far from over.
Millions of people throughout the state still donât have clean water to drink, and that number appears to be increasing.
The crisis led the White House to declare a major disaster in Texas on Saturday, a move that unlocks more federal resources for the state. According to a White House statement, the declaration grants for temporary housing and home repairs, low-cost loans to cover uninsured property losses and other programs.