In a tumultuous meeting, Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen was ousted for failing to maintain a good relationship with trustees.
Miranda Dunlap
Miranda Dunlap is a reporter covering Houston Community College, Lone Star College and San Jacinto College. She reports in partnership with Open Campus. Her work focuses on highlighting opportunities available to students, holding college leaders accountable for providing a high-quality, affordable education, and addressing barriers to community college entry, success and completion. She previously covered K-12 education for the Landing. A native Michigander, Miranda studied political science pre-law and journalism at Michigan State University. Prior to joining the Landing, she worked at Automotive News, covering all things automotive industry, and she served in various capacities at The State News, Michigan State's student newspaper. When she's not writing, you can find Miranda attempting to exceed her GoodReads goal and spoiling her cat, August.
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Will CenterPoint’s new plan prevent power outages? 3 takeaways from the Landing’s review
Energy researchers are skeptical that CenterPoint’s $2.2 billion “resiliency plan” will prevent outages like those seen after Hurricane Beryl.
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CenterPoint has a $2.2 billion plan for avoiding another power outage disaster. Will it help?
Energy industry analysts say the electricity company needs to spend much more to prevent outages in Houston like those from Hurricane Beryl.
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Gov. Abbott threatens CenterPoint: Rectify ‘failure’ during Beryl or have service area reduced
In a stern message to CenterPoint Energy Sunday, Gov. Greg Abbott threatened the Houston-region electricity provider will have its service area reduced if it doesn’t rectify its “failures” to properly prepare and respond to Hurricane Beryl. Abbott also promised the Public Utilities Commission, the state’s utilities regulator, will investigate CenterPoint’s response. “Maybe they have too […]
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‘Pray I survive’: CenterPoint customers bracing for days more without power after Hurricane Beryl
As more and more homes across the Houston region are brought back online after Hurricane Beryl, a smaller share of residents are bracing for their power outages to stretch well into next week.
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Texas regulators to CenterPoint: Communicate better with customers about power outages
The Texas Public Utilities Commission urged CenterPoint Energy on Thursday to address complaints about communication, but it stopped short of criticizing the company’s response to Hurricane Beryl.
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‘This is frustrating’: Some CenterPoint customers report new outage map has incorrect info
Houston-area residents widely reported on social media that the company’s map incorrectly shows whether some neighborhoods have electricity.
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Did CenterPoint prepare enough for Hurricane Beryl? Politicians, residents want to know.
The utility company, which services nearly all of Houston, Harris County and Fort Bend County, drew early scrutiny Tuesday for its preparations as more than 1 million people remained without power.
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Step aside, Whataburger. CenterPoint releases power outage map of its own.
Not to be outdone by Whataburger’s outage map, CenterPoint Energy posted a power outage map of its own. Houstonians have been waiting for it since derecho.
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Texas schools stuck in middle of federal, state fight over LGBTQ+ student protections
Clashing Title IX guidance from the Biden administration and Texas Republicans has left school districts in a potentially expensive predicament.