NEW YORK, Feb. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ --

ATLANTA – State Transportation Board members Robert L. Brown Jr. and Jeff Lewis were re-elected to full five-year board terms by a caucus of state representatives and senators from their respective congressional districts to continue their work on the Georgia Department of Transportation’s State Transportation Board.

(The Center Square) – The Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), tasked with managing 90 percent of Texas’ electricity, may not be civilly liable for widespread damages caused by power outages last week, depending on how the Texas Supreme Court rules in a pending case.

(The Center Square) – Iowans could add emergency preparedness supplies to their shopping lists for the state’s annual sales tax holiday if a new bill passes.

The idea of augmenting the Gros Ventre’s resident grouse, last censused with just two male birds remaining, was born from a local working group that helps oversee Jackson Hole’s sage grouse.

ANNAPOLIS — The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 that's currently making its way through Congress could include up to $20 million in direct financial aid to each of the Eastern Shore's nine counties to continue fighting the pandemic. 

Sen. John Matthews of Bowman served in the S.C. General Assembly for more than four decades until his retirement in 2020. Here are greetings sent to Matthews as part of The Times and Democrat's special tribute section appearing in Sunday's print edition.