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Reporter for the Austin American-Statesman covering city government.

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  1. 4 hours ago

    What a sky, what a city.

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  2. 6 hours ago

    Last month, Statesman intern Laura Morales wrote on the hiring of Carol Johnson as Civil Rights Officer.

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  3. 6 hours ago

    The creation of the Civil Rights Office stemmed from a June 2018 resolution from Greg Casar and co-sponsored by Mayor Adler, Ann Kitchen and Delia Garza. Aim of office includes ensuring adherence to fair chance hiring, anti-discrimination and wage protections.

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  4. 6 hours ago

    New: Carol Johnson, Austin's first ever Civil Rights Officer, will make $139,006.40 annually, according to public records request. Johnson started Feb. 16 at the height of the winter storm. She's eligible for $15k housing allowance and a house hunting trip for up to seven days.

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    Mar 4

    ERCOT overcharged wholesale electricity customers by $16 billion due to a pricing error during the weather emergency last month.

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    Mar 4

    JUST IN: has challenged to a preseason match (with fans!) at Bold Stadium, with the proceeds benefitting and . No word yet from Austin FC ... stay tuned.

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  7. Mar 4

    A year ago TOMORROW Texas reported the state’s first coronavirus case.

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  8. Mar 4

    NEW: Samsung Austin Semiconductor will donate $750,000 to support winter storm relief and recovery efforts in Central Texas. The donation will go toward food, home repairs and helping families move out of homelessness.

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  9. Mar 4

    This passes unanimously on the council's consent agenda. The Austin City Council apologizes for decades of mistreatment of Black people, establishes Black Embassy to support Black business owners.

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  10. Mar 4

    Another items would give $5 million a piece to Austin Energy and Austin Water's payment assistance programs. This is related to Covid and was in the works prior to the winter freeze.

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  11. Mar 4

    Today, the Austin City Council will vote on a one-time $10 credit for all Austin Energy residential customers because of the power outages in last month's winter freeze. The credit will be issued on customers' first bill after March 19.

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  12. Mar 4

    Watch live: Austin Council to apologize for city's treatment of Black people via

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  13. Mar 3

    Austin Energy produced more power than it used during storm, avoiding financial hit via

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  14. Mar 3

    Austin Energy really patted itself on the back for its communication efforts during the storm. Pio Renteria, who lost power and was without internet access, said he had to resort to a transistor radio for updates. "You can post whatever you want. We're not going to see it."

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  15. Mar 3

    Austin Energy's Pat Sweeney says AE's generators were weatherized prior to the storm but, if I understood him correctly, he could not say how many continued to operate during below-freezing temperatures.

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  16. Mar 3

    Throughout the storm, Austin Energy's power generation to state grid almost always was higher than Austin Energy's consumption. Black line=consumption Colored peaks=generation

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  17. Mar 3

    Prior to ERCOT-directed outages, as many as 33,000 Austin homes were without power at a single peak time. Many were in NW Austin. Austin Energy got that number down to 822 before rising to 220,000 with ERCOT shed mandate.

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  18. Mar 3

    Austin Energy GM Jackie Sargent is addressing city council oversight committee right now. Sargent says in 2011 storm AE was ordered by ERCOT to shed 158 megawatts of electricity. This year, AE shed more than 700 megawatts.

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    Mar 3

    Biden: “Texas — I think it’s a big mistake”

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  20. Mar 3

    Austin's Adler: Gov. Abbott 'broke promise' in lifting mask mandate via

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