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An open Texas power grid would boost reliability and renewables, experts say

The benefits of connecting to the outside world are at least worth examining, especially...

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Fact check: Are twice as many kids in Border Patrol custody as in 2019?

Gov. Greg Abbott called attention to the number of migrant children staying at...

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Fact check: Is Biden immigration policy causing border surge of minors?

Fact check: Is Biden immigration policy causing border surge of minors?
Brandon Mulder, PolitiFact Texas
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TOPSHOT - A young female minor walks over others as they lie inside a pod for females at the Donna Department of Homeland Security holding facility, the main detention center for unaccompanied children in the Rio Grande Valley run by the US Customs and Border Protection, (CBP), in Donna, Texas on March 30, 2021. - The minors are housed by the hundreds in eight pods that are about 3,200 square feet in size. Many of the pods had more than 500 children in them. The Biden administration on Tuesday for the first time allowed journalists inside its main detention facility at the border for migrant children, revealing a severely overcrowded tent structure where more than 4,000 kids and families were crammed into pods and the youngest kept in a large play pen with mats on the floor for sleeping. (Photo by Dario Lopez-Mills / POOL / AFP) (Photo by DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)DARIO LOPEZ-MILLS, Contributor / POOL/AFP via Getty Images

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LULAC, NAACP decry bill allowing partisan activists to record Texas voters without consent

LULAC, NAACP decry bill allowing partisan activists to record Texas voters without consent
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A poll watcher looks on as election workers work before the release of early-voting returns in Harris County on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, at NRG Arena in Houston.Jon Shapley, Staff photographer / Staff photographer
Civil rights groups are warning that Black and Hispanic voters will be disproportionately videotaped without their consent at polling locations under a bill on the fast track through the Texas Legislature.
Although videotaping in polling locations in Texas is prohibited, under a bill that passed the Texas Senate just after 2 a.m. Thursday, partisan poll watchers would be allowed to videotape any person voting that they suspect

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Gov. Abbott claims early success in border crackdown

Hoping to contrast himself with President Biden, Abbott says state troopers dispatched...

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Top Texas utility regulator ousted as recording emerges of pledges to protect Wall Street

Top Texas utility regulator ousted as recording emerges of pledges to protect Wall Street
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Power lines are shown near Beltway 8 the Hardy Toll Road following an overnight snowfall Monday, Feb. 15, 2021 in Houston. Temperatures plunged into the teens Monday with light snow and freezing rain. Rolling blackouts throughout the state has cut power to many.Brett Coomer, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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PUC Chairman Arthur D'AndreaKorey Howell Photography / Texas Public Utility CommissionShow MoreShow Less
For nearly an hour last week, the state’s last surviving utility commissioner, Arthur D’Andrea, was remarkably candid about what he had gleaned from last month’s deadly outage crisis.

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Texas Republicans preparing another voter purge

Texas Republicans preparing another voter purge
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Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters during a press conference about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt's District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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A group of demonstrators hold signs to protests a package of voting reforms outside Senator Paul Bettencourt District Office, where Gov. Greg Abbott held a press conference, on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Representative Briscoe Cain, left to right, Gov. Greg Abbott, and senator Paul Bettencourt held a press conference to talk about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt's District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez, Houston Chronicle / Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less

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Texas House kills bill that would have repriced electricity sold during winter storm

House Speaker Dade Phelan made it clear he does not agree with repricing to minimize...

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Texas Republicans lead the charge against Biden on oil, immigration, guns

Texas Republicans lead the charge against Biden on oil, immigration, guns
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US President Joe Biden speaks after visiting a FEMA Covid-19 vaccination facility at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas on February 26, 2021. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo by MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)MANDEL NGAN, Contributor / AFP via Getty Images
WASHINGTON — It took President Joe Biden all of six weeks to spark a slew of fights with Texas Republicans over oil, immigration, guns and more.
Even as the president this week touted major early victories for his administration — including accelerating COVID vaccinations and a $1.9 trillion stimulus
— new battles are brewing on several fronts as Biden took executive action or threw his support behind legislation aimed at expanding voting rights, bolstering unions and restricting gun purchases.

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Texas electric grid failures fuel new divide between Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick

Texas electric grid failures fuel new divide between Gov. Abbott and Lt. Gov. Patrick
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1of25Gov. Greg Abbott talks to reporters during a press conference about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt's District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, points out Gov. Greg Abbott during his inauguration speech in Austin, on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2019.Bob Owen, Staff / San Antonio Express-NewsShow MoreShow Less
3of25Gov. Greg Abbott exits a press conference at which he talked about a package of election reforms, at Senator Paul Bettencourt's District Office on Monday, March 15, 2021, in Houston.Godofredo A. Vásquez/Staff photographerShow MoreShow Less

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