Beginning this January, the 87th Texas Legislature began with tremendous uncertainty for those who were sent to serve and those whom they serve. The ongoing effects of the global Covid-19 pandemic, and the vast impact on all economic sectors, including the Permian Basin oil and gas industry, loomed large as the session began. One thing […]

The start of June marks the end of the 87th Regular Session in the Lone Star State and Representatives and Senators from across the state are returning to their communities to share the results of a legislative session that began with pandemic, met the challenges of an unexpected winter storm, and continued to persevere with […]

Leaving nearly three million households without power, Winter Storm Uri swept across Texas in February, and was one of the most devastating winter events in decades. Almost immediately, experts began pointing fingers, looking for a culprit that let the state’s energy grid go dark. But as the events were unraveling in real-time, our Permian Basin […]

On Sunday, February 14, as families left church and began looking ahead to what the expected cold snap would bring them, arctic winds were barreling down from the north and bringing with them sustained cold, freezing rain, and concentrations of more than a half foot of snow in many places. In short, what this storm […]