Mother of two young humans / Sometimes journalist / @TexasTribune ex / @Wellesley alum / I don’t come here often, but when I do, it’s to complain
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Morgan Smith retweeted
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
New: House votes 86-52 to approve Herrero’s anti-voucher budget amendment, a blow to @GovAbbott and school choice advocates #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/… via @TexasTribune
From 2017: How hollow rhetoric and a broken child welfare system feed Texas' sex-trafficking underworld #txlege texastribune.org/2017/02/13/… via @TexasTribune
The largest forced power outage in US history... Tick-tock #txlege
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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.
Here’s the upgrade list for this afternoon’s flight from Cancun to Houston.
Looks like @tedcruz is on his way back, @danpfeiffer. He’s just narrowly missing the upgrade list
That’s assuming that “cru, r” is him. And I do.
Morgan Smith retweeted
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
Morgan Smith retweeted
.@AustinWater has issued a citywide boil-water notice as a result of "extreme weather conditions."
Sigh.
JUST IN: Austin residents are now being urging to reduce their use of gas-powered appliances, such as furnaces, fireplaces and stove ovens atxne.ws/3asCqr2
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.
Morgan Smith retweeted
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.
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The Texas grid got crushed because its operators didn’t see the need to prepare for cold weather #txlege washingtonpost.com/business/…
Morgan Smith retweeted
Texas grid fails to weatherize, repeats mistake feds cited 10 years ago bit.ly/3rYpFum
Morgan Smith retweeted
No, frozen wind turbines are not the main culprit for Texas' power outages. bit.ly/2LWG433
Morgan Smith retweeted
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/…
Morgan Smith retweeted
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/… via @TexasTribune
