Nearly all of Texas’ electric generation units and transmission facilities have passed the state’s new winterization rules, the state grid reported just before the expected coldest day so far this winter hits the West Texas Permian oil and natural gas producing area on Thursday. Extreme cold in Texas, which caused power plants and gas pipes…

Texas high school student Meadow Quigley hopes to start her own business one day. She’s already practicing plumbing at the age of 15—and recently saved the day after water pipes in her home burst during the unseasonably harsh winter storms hitting Texas. The family’s plumbing disaster struck on Feb. 15, but Meadow knew what to do….