A recession looks more likely every day, and the latest sign of this is slowing price growth in producer prices. After all, price inflation usually slows as the economy weakens and consumers run out of easy money.
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Texas Crop and Weather Report – Jan. 24, 2023
Read More:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/ea80662ae5bb52bac03fa4e6036086d2/ATX%20Winter%20Storm%20SF%20TT%2050.jpg?resize=627,376 "State Agency That Oversees Texas Power Grid Needs More Money To Do Its Job, Sunset Commission Finds")
The Public Utility Commission has about 200 employees but needs more to handle shoring up the state power grid and tackling an expanded list of regulatory duties, according to the state Sunset Advisory Commission.
Read More:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/images/2016/10/31/6F6A9311.jpg?resize=627,376 "Texas Universities Propose Two-Year Tuition Freeze In Exchange For Nearly Billion In Additional State Funding")
The leaders of the state’s six biggest university systems are seeking the money to fund instruction, university operations and employee health insurance and to cover a free tuition program for veterans and their children.
Read More:quality(75)/https://static.texastribune.org/media/files/1dd4f5af8317203cf50b57bfd48971af/0109%20TSC%20ERCOT%20Hearing%20EL%20TT%2017.jpg?resize=627,376 "Texas Supreme Court Will Decide Whether ERCOT Should Be Immune From Lawsuits Sparked By Deadly Winter Storm")
Many people and insurers sued the Electric Reliability Council of Texas after the 2021 freeze. The nonprofit says it shouldn’t be liable. The state Supreme Court has a chance to weigh in.
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