Texas State & Local NEWS: 2021 February 23

Officials: Recent homeless count, permanent housing initiative may have saved thousands of unsheltered Harris County residents from cold https://communityimpact.com/houston/spring-klein/weather/2021/02/18/officials-recent-homeless-count-permanent-housing-initiative-may-have-saved-thousands-of-unsheltered-harris-county-residents-from-cold/

The Special Meeting is to extend or continue a Proclamation of a Local State of Disaster for the City of Houston beyond the seven-day period after the Proclamation period began due to the Severe Winter Storm. https://mailchi.mp/houstontx/notice-of-special-meeting-to-extend-disaster-declaration?e=d072972760

‘We have been through this before.’ Why anti-Asian hate crimes are rising amid coronavirus https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/we-have-been-through-this-before-why-anti-asian-hate-crimes-are-rising-amid-coronavirus

Texas Agency Bans Utility Cutoffs For Failure To Pay https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/02/22/391955/texas-agency-bans-utility-cutoffs-for-failure-to-pay/

Public Utility Commission Decision May Enable Largest Electricity Providers In Texas To Become More Powerful https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/energy-environment/2021/02/21/391935/public-utility-commission-decision-may-enable-largest-electricity-providers-in-texas-to-become-more-powerful/

‘Dust Off My Bill’: Turner Tells Lawmakers To Reconsider ERCOT Legislation He Filed In 2011 https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/2021/02/19/391857/dust-off-my-bill-turner-tells-lawmakers-to-reconsider-ercot-legislation-he-filed-in-2011/

Texas Was ‘Not Prepared’ To Care For Medically Vulnerable People During The Severe Weather, Lawmaker Says https://www.kut.org/health/2021-02-22/texas-was-not-prepared-to-care-for-medically-vulnerable-people-during-the-severe-weather-lawmaker-says

San Jacinto River Authority providing potable water to Montgomery County emergency services https://communityimpact.com/houston/conroe-montgomery/weather/2021/02/18/san-jacinto-river-authority-providing-potable-water-to-montgomery-county-emergency-services/

The Woodlands fire chief: 1,600 calls, 58 fires in Montgomery County over 4 days of winter weather https://communityimpact.com/houston/the-woodlands/government/2021/02/18/the-woodlands-fire-chief-1600-calls-58-fires-in-montgomery-county-over-4-days-of-winter-weather/

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