Morgan Smith

In 2013, Rep. Herrero added this same amendment on house budget night, to kneecap a voucher bill from then-Senator Dan Patrick, by a vote of 103 to 43. A little movement in 10 years, but not that much! #txlege

Not a god damn thing has changed. #txlege

From 2017: How hollow rhetoric and a broken child welfare system feed Texas' sex-trafficking underworld #txlege texastribune.org/2017/02/13/how… via @TexasTribune

The largest forced power outage in US history... Tick-tock #txlege

I’m not a state elected official or operating a natural gas plant so I guess there’s nothing I can do to help out my fellow suffering Texans. See y’all in Cancun!

I sure hope a deeply sourced reporter who is also an exquisite writer is working on a tick-tock about how close Texas was to a statewide blackout this week. #txlege

Wow. Total David Dewhurst move.

Texans’ current chill was caused by rapid heating in the stratosphere, the second-lowest section of the atmosphere, 5-30 miles above the Arctic econ.st/3puuyK2

.@AustinWater has issued a citywide boil-water notice as a result of "extreme weather conditions."

Sigh.

@AnnaFarrellSher This is helpful information, thank you.

City of Austin now asking residents to stop dripping water to conserve dwindling supply. Won’t this mean our pipes will burst from the freeze, resulting in even more wasted water? & expense, potential loss of shelter bc of damaged homes? Really don’t know responsible thing to do.

Hello from 2012, it's me with a story to tell. Hed: Texas’ Future: Blackouts and Higher Prices? Dek: Even if the PUC raises power prices, blackouts may be inevitable. texasobserver.org/texas-future-b…

The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn’t see the need to prepare for cold weather #txlege washingtonpost.com/business/2021/…

Texas grid fails to weatherize, repeats mistake feds cited 10 years ago bit.ly/3rYpFum

No, frozen wind turbines are not the main culprit for Texas' power outages. bit.ly/2LWG433

Still confused -- are 3.5 million Texans still blacked out, or 3.5m Texas *accounts* -- corresponding to way more Texans? Who knows the answer? I've been in California for 8 years so I've forgotten my old tricks. @russellgold ?

Glad to see @KateGalbraith’s excellent 2011 Texplainer having its time in the sun again #txlege texastribune.org/2011/02/08/tex…

Curious what businesses / industries qualify as “critical” power infrastructure

Dayam, @texastribabby. Serious detail only a veteran reporter on top of her beat can deliver. “Find a place to hide or seek cover”: A harrowing day at the U.S. Capitol for Texans in Congress texastribune.org/2021/01/06/tex… via @TexasTribune