New polling this week shows that the trip Sen. Ted Cruz took to Cancún amid a catastrophic snowstorm in Texas may be the political blunder that ends his dream of becoming president. The recent national survey of registered voters by Morning Consult and Politico found...
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Congress demands answers from Abbott over grid failure
Democrats on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, including Reps. Marc Veasey of Dallas and Lizzie Fletcher of Houston, are conducting a probe into Gov. Greg Abbott and why Texas’ electrical grid was unprepared to handle last week’s snowstorm. In a recent...
Texas Republicans are blaming everything on ERCOT and windmills
On Friday, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas finally announced an end to the power outages that left millions of Texas in the cold during this week’s winter snowstorm. The rolling blackouts, ERCOT said, were necessary to prevent Texas’ energy grid from...
Ted Cruz says he fled Texas at the request of his daughters
After receiving sharp criticism Wednesday for leaving a chaos-ridden Texas to go on vacation in Cancun, Mexico, Sen. Ted Cruz says the poor optics were just an act of fatherly love. "With school canceled for the week, our girls asked to take a trip with...
Harris County scores victory against Valero pollution permit
The Harris County Attorney's Office announced this week that they successfully challenged the state-issued permit of a Valero petroleum refinery that allowed the company to spew 512 tons of hydrogen cyanide per year into the surrounding Houston area community. ...
Polling: Cruz still beloved by Republicans but hated by most Texans
Recent polling from the University of Houston shows the attitudes of Texans after the attack on the Capitol building last month. The online survey of 1,329 Texans shows Cruz has strong support among Republicans but is generally loathed by most Texans. The...
Hearing to determine healthcare fate of 8,000 low-income Texans draws closer
Only a week remains on the temporary restraining order issued by a Travis County judge that blocked an attempt by Gov. Greg Abbott to exclude Planned Parenthood from the state’s Medicaid program. At-risk are some 8,000 low-income Texans who depend on Planned...
Harris County voters want fewer people in jail, polling shows
New polling from The Appeal and Data for Progress shows that most Harris County residents support bail reform measures and want fewer people in the county’s overcrowded jail amid the COVID-19 pandemic The polling shows 59 percent of residents in Harris County favor...
Abbott wants more disaster funding, but no action on climate change
Gov. Greg Abbott recently released his proposed budget for the 2022-2023 biennium. The budget proposal mostly focuses on distributing federal funding for COVID-19 as well as the emergency items listed in the governor’s “State of the State” address last week....
Al Green backs budget reconciliation to pass COVID-19 relief
Rep. Al Green of Houston announced Wednesday he supports using budget reconciliation to pass COVID-19 relief. Budget reconciliation is a congressional tool that allows lawmakers to expedite spending-related legislation by using a simple majority of 51 instead of...