With drilling on the rise, the Texas Railroad Commission and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality answer questions about whether Texans need to worry about radioactivity in their water.
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Triblive: Michael Williams
Triblive: Evan Smith interviews Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams.
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Energy
Energy or Railroad: Are the Politics Different?
What’s in a name? The Texas Railroad Commission — and the elected officials who run it — may soon find out.
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State Government
Warren Chisum for Texas Railroad Commissioner?
Put state Rep. Warren Chisum, R-Pampa, on the “maybe” list for Texas railroad commissioner — if there is such a thing when the job comes open.
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Energy
Senators Express Incredulity at Rolling Blackouts Hearing
At a state Senate hearing this morning on Texas’s rolling blackouts earlier this month, ERCOT released the first list — albeit a very partial one — of power plants that failed during the Feb. 2 crisis.
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A Conversation with Michael Williams
For our latest TribLive conversation, I sat down with the soon-to-be-ex Rairoad Commissioner and declared 2012 U.S. Senate candidate to talk about why he’s qualified to serve, what he thinks of his potential primary opponents and a range of issues that he’d face if he were in D.C. today.
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TribBlog: Michael Williams’ Liveblog
Texas Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams joined The Texas Tribune’s Evan Smith for a TribLive event this morning in Austin. Williams made it official that he’s running for the U.S. Senate in 2012.
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Demographics
Michael Williams Sizes Up Senate Race
Michael Williams is leaving the Railroad Commission in April and preparing to announce his candidacy for the U.S. Senate. In an interview today with the Trib’s Ross Ramsey, he talked about the 2012 race and about his confidence that minorities don’t face any special hurdles in Texas GOP primaries.
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TribBlog: The Drilling Grilling
More than 40 people crammed into the Texas Railroad Commission’s hearing today on what caused two water wells in Parker County to become contaminated by natural gas. Missing: the Environmental Protection Agency.
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TribBlog: Michael Williams Will Resign to Run
Railroad Commissioner Michael Williams will resign this week, allowing him to work full time on a race for U.S. Senate — and to avoid a potentially bruising legislative fight over the future of his agency.