Republican Gov. Greg Abbott calls for a probe of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, which operates the state’s power grid.
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Winter weather in Texas impacts college and pro sports
The Dallas Stars and Dallas Mavericks both have their games postponed because of the extreme winter weather.
Sports Digest: Maeve Carroll will return for a fifth season with the UMaine women’s basketball team
Carroll, who is averaging 10.4 points and 6.5 rebounds this season, is eligible after the NCAA granted an extra year to players because of the pandemic.
Oprah to interview Meghan and Harry
The 90-minute ‘Oprah With Meghan and Harry: A CBS Primetime Special’ will air March 7.
ACM Awards to return to Nashville in April
The April 18 show will be broadcast from three iconic venues.
FEMA opens mass vaccine sites as bad weather hampers efforts
As part of a wider effort by the Biden administration, FEMA opened its first COVID-19 mass vaccination sites Tuesday, setting up in Los Angeles and Oakland in communities especially hard-hit by the coronavirus pandemic
NBA notebook: Four Spurs players test positive; city of Atlanta voicing concerns about All-Star Game
San Antonio will not play until the middle of next week, at the earliest, while the mayor of Atlanta wonders if the All-Star Game should be played at all.
Here are some of the highlights of Biden’s COVID-19 relief bill
A Democratic-led effort to pass a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package is moving ahead.
Kennebec commissioners vote to move Augusta’s Melville Fuller statue
The unanimous decision at Tuesday’s commissioners meeting is not the end of the process, as a committee is expected to be named to make a recommendation where the statue will go.
Solar installer Insource Renewables joins ReVision Energy
The two Maine-based, employee-owned companies said the deal will help them tackle the regulatory and workforce challenges in Maine’s rapidly expanding solar market.