There are anniversaries to celebrate, and those to mark with solemnity. One year ago, Winter Storm Uri wreaked havoc on Texas communities, claiming hundreds of lives and resulting in widespread and sustained blackouts. A year later, it’s time for both somber...
Gubernatorial candidate Beto O'Rourke completed his statewide tour in Houston on Tuesday, his last visit in a 2,100 mile drive on the one-year anniversary of Winter Storm Uri. Rallying supporters at the 8th Wonder Brewery, O’Rourke stumped for a five-point plan to fix...
Texans can expect sub-freezing conditions this week due to Winter Storm Landon. The looming winter storm has led to reassurances from the governor, and vocal concerns from Democrats who say major changes have not been made to secure the power grid. In a Tuesday press...
On the evening of February 14, Mose Buchele stepped outside of his Austin home to take in the first wave of heavy snowfall that night. An energy and environment reporter for KUT (Austin’s NPR station), Buchele instinctively began recording a video of the...
Advocacy groups including Workers Defense Action Fund, the ACLU of Texas, and MOVE Texas gathered in a virtual town hall Thursday to make noise for the POWER Act, a bill that would provide between $1,000 to $2,500 to Texans affected by the February snowstorm. ...
On Tuesday, February 16, Eduardo Canul lay in bed in his Northeast Austin apartment huddling for warmth. Like millions of Texans, the father of three had been without electricity for nearly 48 hours since Winter Storm Uri first struck, unleashing frigid temperatures...
As Texans continue to recover from the snowstorm and electrical grid failure, thousands are now looking to the government for help repairing their homes and restoring normalcy to their lives. It will not be easy, survivors of Hurricane Harvey tell the Signal. Juanita...
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...
Last week, as millions of Texans suffered through freezing temperatures with no power and water, Ted Cruz took an infamous vacation to Cancún, Mexico (and initially blamed his daughter for the trip). It turns out, Cruz wasn’t the only Texas Republican who abandoned...