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Phil Jankowski ๐ŸŒŸ
@PhilJankowski
Texas politics journalist for @dallasnews | Previously @statesman #txlege Opinions & RTs = ๐Ÿ• A Little Deli stan account DM for signal
Austin, TX
Joined January 2010
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    Breaking: ERCOT has issued an alert for possible rolling blackouts Monday from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. "A projected reserve capacity shortage with no market solution available." Additionally, ERCOT has issued a call for energy conservation Monday.
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    UT Austin protesters have returned to the South Lawn
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    Hereโ€™s the scene from the current focal point of the UT Austin protest off 22nd St. southwest of the Main Building
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    The police clear out and now Guadalupe is blocked as protesters cheer at UT Austin.
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    BREAKING: An estimated one-fifth of all of @UTAustin's undergraduates will get full scholarships starting fall 2020 after UT regents voted just now to create a $160 million endowment for tuition assistance. Full rides for any undergrad with family income at $65,000 or less.
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    With Houston going to code Red and Austin moving to Stage 5 today, each of Texas' four largest cities have elevated their COVID-19 threat levels in the past 24 hours.
    BREAKING: Harris County Judge Lina Hidalgo will raise the countyโ€™s #COVID19 threat level to red (highest) due to rising cases, hospitalizations, and positivity rate. She'll announce the move today at 1. It's an advisory. No mandates are allowed under the state's order. @KHOU
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    BREAKING: ERCOT has canceled a program to boost power reserves for what could be a precarious winter for Texasโ€™ electric grid after no energy companies volunteered to fire up their shuttered plants
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    BREAKING: Austin has officially sued Texas over #SB4.
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    Unofficial result is 36-12. The @statesman is now a union paper.
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    Shia LaBeouf is in the Travis County Jail on a public intoxication charge, jail records show.
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    Bill filed in Texas today would no longer allow people 65 and older to vote by mail. From Sen. Bob Hall, SB 1338: #txlege capitol.texas.gov/BillLookup/Texโ€ฆ
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    Texas Rep.-elect @GregCasar looks like he could be a thorn in the side of @elonmusk. Calls for Department of Labor investigation of Austin-area @Tesla gigafactory
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    .@GregAbbott_TX stayed at fundraiser for hours after Uvalde shooting, records show, contradicting what he implied about the lucrative stopover he opted to not cancel as the 1st news of the Robb Elem School shooting became apparent, @RobertTGarrett reports
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    Dan Patrick throwing THC edibles at a reporter WAS on my bingo card