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Mayor: Potential positives in ERCOT deal Mayor: Potential positives in ERCOT deal By Blair Sabol | February 23, 2021 at 10:48 PM CST - Updated February 23 at 10:48 PM LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) - The fallout continues against ERCOT in the wake of last week’s winter storms. On Tuesday, four board members including Chair Sally Talberg and Vice Chair Peter Cramton, resigned from their positions. Meanwhile, Lubbock is still on schedule to join the power grid system this summer. “It’s concerning to me as a citizen and a leader, it’s top of mind,” Mayor Dan Pope said. In the last week, he...

February 20, 2021 | Austin, Texas | Press Release Governor Greg Abbott today convened a meeting with Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick, Speaker Dade Phelan, and

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick starts 2021 legislative session with an unusually low profile Texas Tribune Published:  Tags:  Credit: Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas Tribune In 2015, Dan Patrick stormed into his first legislative session as lieutenant governor declaring it a “new day” in Texas, claiming a mandate for conservative policy from voters in the prior election. Two years later, Patrick embarked on his second session with an early and aggressive red-meat agenda meant to build pressure on a resistant House. In 2019, Patrick played the eager participant in the united front that the...

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's agenda is expected to come into focus soon. His office says he “will announce his 31 legislative priorities for this session in the next few days.” Credit: Leslie Boorhem-Stephenson for The Texas Tribune In 2015, Dan Patrick stormed into his first legislative session as lieutenant governor declaring it a “new day” in Texas, claiming a mandate for conservative policy from voters in the prior election. Two years later, Patrick embarked on his second session with an early and aggressive red-meat agenda meant to build pressure on a resistant Hou...

The Covid-19 pandemic has presented ugly tradeoffs between life and livelihood, and even between life and life. We don’t know the number of deaths that will result from unemployment, poverty, and social isolation over the next several years, but we know they are occurring, along with untold misery for millions more. From the Special Series: With fall looming, two difficult tradeoffs must be addressed: whether and how to open schools, and whether and how to play sports. Returning to normal would almost certainly contribute to the spread of the virus, increasing the risk of death for the most...