Fernando Garcia, executive director of Border Network for Human Rights, hosts a news conference at Chihuahuita Park in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, to call for the departure of Texas Army National Guard troops from El Paso along with Texas Department of Public Safety troopers participating in Operation Lone Star.
Fernando Garcia, executive director of Border Network for Human Rights, hosts a news conference at Chihuahuita Park in El Paso, Texas, on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2023, to call for the departure of Texas Army National Guard troops from El Paso along with Texas Department of Public Safety troopers participating in Operation Lone Star.
Crews have been out working to cut down hanging branches and downed trees.
Temperatures warm each day through Monday. Rain returns Tuesday.
Historic ice storm ends, but power outages are still widespread.
While the freezing temperatures have moved out of Central Texas the impacts from the storm continue. Read more https://www.kxan.com/news/schools-across-austin-cleaning-up-downed-trees-branches-following-freeze/
As thousands remain without power Friday afternoon, Austin’s mayor and the Travis County judge announced they’re each issuing disaster declarations because of the ice storm.
The State Board of Education is changing its mind on "school choice" — voting Thursday to reverse its previous stance of asking Texas lawmakers to reject school vouchers or anything that gives public funding to private schools.
Travis County Fire Marshal's Office Mitigation Officer Will Boettner interviewed on KXAN about how trees and limbs being cut down due to the freeze event that came through Central Texas could create fuel for future wildfires.
