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'Your story woke them up': National regulators get earful about banks ignoring minority community

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'Your story woke them up': National regulators get earful about banks ignoring minority community

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WFAA series prompts congressional testimony about ‘travesty’ of banks refusing to loan to minorities

Lawmakers heard from Black business owners in Dallas who said they were all denied loans
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'We're in a kill zone': Exclusive new video shows deadly Dallas ambush 5 years later

Survivors give a heroes' perspective on a dark day in Dallas: July 7, 2016
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Federal regulators will require 2 banks to increase lending to the minority community in Southern Dallas

FDIC requirements come after "Banking Below 30" series ramped up pressure on banks, regulators to lend more in minority neighborhoods.
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Local governments deposit millions of tax dollars in banks. Some say it's time they demanded racial equity in return.

A 'responsible banking ordinance' would evaluate banks on how well they make loans in poorer neighborhoods if they want to keep governments as clients.
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ERCOT claims it’s a public agency immune from lawsuits, while also claiming it’s not a public entity required to release records

“The fact that you can't know what's going on is problematic,” said Arif Panju, a board member of the Transparent and Accountable Government Coalition (TAG).
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ERCOT claims it’s a public agency immune from lawsuits, while also claiming it’s not a public entity required to release records

“The fact that you can't know what's going on is problematic,” said Arif Panju, a board member of the Transparent and Accountable Government Coalition (TAG).
Investigates

Lawmakers fail to enact deadline to weatherize power plants, natural gas facilities

A major cause of the February winter storm power outages remains unaddressed as lawmakers prepare to leave town Monday. Critics say more must be done - and now.
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House, Senate approve power grid overhaul in effort to improve winterization

Over the weekend, Texas lawmakers voted to send two major pieces of legislation reforming the state’s electricity market and power grid to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
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Lawmakers fail to enact deadline to weatherize power plants, natural gas facilities

State Rep. Chris Turner (D-Grand Prairie) tried and failed to add an enforcement deadline.
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‘If you're not at the table, you might be on the menu’: WFAA analysis shows power grid reform brings out the big lobbying guns in Austin

A WFAA analysis finds the companies already have spent more than the prior legislative session, including the hiring of 338 lobbyists this year
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WFAA analysis shows power grid reform brings out the big lobbying guns in Austin

A WFAA analysis finds the companies already have spent more than the prior legislative session, including the hiring of 338 lobbyists this year.

'We're saddened': Haitian-Americans in North Texas react to migrant crisis in Del Rio

'We're saddened': Haitian-Americans in North Texas react to migrant crisis in Del Rio

Weekend Forecast: feeling like summer

Hot Sunday and Monday before a cold front brings North Texas some relief.

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'Your story woke them up': National regulators get earful about banks ignoring minority community

WFAA series prompts congressional testimony about ‘travesty’ of banks refusing to loan to minorities

'We're in a kill zone': Exclusive new video shows deadly Dallas ambush 5 years later

Federal regulators will require 2 banks to increase lending to the minority community in Southern Dallas

Local governments deposit millions of tax dollars in banks. Some say it's time they demanded racial equity in return.

ERCOT claims it’s a public agency immune from lawsuits, while also claiming it’s not a public entity required to release records

ERCOT claims it’s a public agency immune from lawsuits, while also claiming it’s not a public entity required to release records

Lawmakers fail to enact deadline to weatherize power plants, natural gas facilities

House, Senate approve power grid overhaul in effort to improve winterization

Lawmakers fail to enact deadline to weatherize power plants, natural gas facilities

‘If you're not at the table, you might be on the menu’: WFAA analysis shows power grid reform brings out the big lobbying guns in Austin

WFAA analysis shows power grid reform brings out the big lobbying guns in Austin

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