LUFKIN — For 18 years, East Texans have been represented in Congress by a prominent Republican known more for propagating conspiracy theories than for passing laws. But the region’s new representative, Congressman-elect Nathaniel Moran, plans to strike a different tone in Washington, D.C.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott asked the attorney general and the head of the state agency that regulates oil and gas drilling to investigate Atmos Energy, the state’s largest natural gas provider, for a failure to prepare for the frigid temperatures that slammed the state last week.
The Texas Supreme Court declined Friday to intervene in a request from two renewable energy firms that say they’ll miss out on millions of dollars in tax savings from a program set to expire at the end of 2022 because an overwhelmed state agency failed to process their application in time.
Midlothian ISD continues to grow rapidly, but changes in the housing market could tap the brakes on population expansion and slightly extend the timeline for needed new schools, the district’s board of trustees was informed at their December meeting. District demographer Brent Alexander told the board that the overall population living inside district boundaries has grown by 10 percent since 2020, and the number of total households has grown by a similar amount in that time.
Rep. Brian Harrison (R-10) filed House Bill 1029 to keep Texans’ tax dollars from being used to fund gender reassignments.
ARLINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency approved the Joe Pool Lake Watershed Protection Plan (WPP) October 2022, making it eligible for funding. The plan was created to restore water quality in Joe Pool Lake tributaries, which helps protect Joe Pool Lake’s water quality.
Once Christmas has passed, the world looks to a new year. Many wonder what the new year will bring while planning their own ways of ringing in 2023. It will be a year marked with war in some nations and peace in others. There will be triumph, and there will be heartbreak. But in the meantime, the world will pause to celebrate the end of one year and the hopes for the next.
HOUSTON — As freezing temperatures enveloped Texas, demand for electricity Friday morning shattered the grid operator’s peak expectations for the maximum amount of power people would use to stay warm this winter.
More than 100 migrants bused from Texas arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve — enduring freezing temperatures in the state’s latest instance of sending migrants to cities led by Democrats.
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico — After fleeing violence in their Guatemalan town, but with their way to relatives in California blocked by continuing U.S. asylum restrictions, a family of 15 joined an Advent candlelight ceremony organized by their shelter just south of the border.