Legislative News – 08-07-2021

K Buenavista — Mon, 09 Aug 2021 22:28:10 +0000

Texas Democats continue their holdout and refuse to return to state Capitol

As the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott begins his third attempt at passing new election laws, Texas Democrats still refuse to return to Austin as of August 7
In a joint statement Saturday, Democrats said 26 of them would remain “part of an active presence in Washington maintained for as long as Congress is working.”

K Buenavista — Sun, 11 Jul 2021 17:56:42 +0000

With the failure of the new Texas Voting laws to be passed, the Governor of the state Greg Abbot revives Republican efforts in passing the new laws
In a special session that begins Thursday (tomorrow), he is instructing Texas lawmakers to revise the laws over the next 30 days

Three of Ohio’s electric companies which is owned by Akron-based FirstEnergy Corp will reign the money collected from a “tainted energy bill
Toledo Edison, Cleveland Electric Illuminating companies, and Ohio Edison will start crediting customers a total of $27.5 million
Those residential customers who use more than 1,000 kilowatts in electricity next month will be refunded $8.95 from Ohio Edison, $13.19 from Toledo Edison, and $16.18 from Cleveland Electric