{"id":134915,"date":"2026-01-23T11:09:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:09:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/134915\/"},"modified":"2026-01-23T11:09:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-23T11:09:29","slug":"morning-briefing-texas-jan-22-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/134915\/","title":{"rendered":"Morning Briefing Texas Jan. 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

Good morning, Texas. Here’s what you need to know today.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Your Weather Planner<\/p>\n

TK.<\/p>\n

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Get your 7-day forecast:\u00a0Austin<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0San Antonio<\/a>\u00a0|\u00a0Dallas<\/a><\/p>\n

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Watch the latest news and more local stories from across the country.<\/p>\n

Around Texas\u00a0<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Winter storm watch expands to cover majority of Texas<\/a><\/p>\n

The National Weather Service (NWS) has expanded its winter storm watch to cover a large portion of Texas, including Austin, Dallas-Fort Worth, the Panhandle and parts of West Texas.<\/p>\n

According to\u00a0its North Texas alert<\/a>, \u201cmoderate to heavy accumulations of snow, sleet or ice are likely across the region Friday through Saturday night. In addition, dangerous cold temperatures are expected Saturday night through Monday morning.\u201d<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0Gov. Abbott calls for creation of \u2018chief state prosecutor,\u2019 raising questions about local authority<\/a><\/p>\n

Gov. Greg Abbott is calling on Texas state lawmakers to create a new statewide position that would allow the state to override decisions made by locally elected district attorneys, a proposal that is already sparking legal and political debate.<\/p>\n

Abbott has dubbed the proposed role a \u201cchief state prosecutor,\u201d framing it as a way to rein in what he describes as lenient prosecutorial practices in some urban counties.\u00a0<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0San Antonio ISD unanimously votes to close Carvajal Elementary<\/a><\/p>\n

The San Antonio ISD School Board voted unanimously on Tuesday to close the school following concerns over low enrollment numbers and academic performance. Last year, the school district shuttered 15 campuses, partially because of low enrollment.<\/p>\n

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A sign outside of Carvajal Elementary in San Antonio. (Spectrum News 1\/Jose Arredondo)<\/p>\n

Around The Nation<\/p>\n

1.\u00a0Trump says U.S., NATO have reached ‘framework’ of a deal on Greenland, cancels new tariffs<\/a><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0House Republicans begin push to hold Clintons in contempt of Congress over Epstein probe<\/a><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0Divisions emerge among western European nations over Trump’s Board of Peace for Gaza<\/a><\/p>\n

Deep in the Heart of Texas\u00a0
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The Gibson Power Plant operates, April 10, 2025, in Princeton, Ind. (AP Photo\/Joshua A. Bickel)<\/p>\n

The EPA is easing pollution rules under Trump. Here\u2019s how it\u2019s affecting Texas<\/a><\/p>\n

The first year of President Trump\u2019s second term has seen an aggressive rollback of federal environmental protections, which advocacy groups fear will bring more pollution, higher health risks, and less information and power for Texas communities, especially in heavily industrial and urban areas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Good morning, Texas. Here’s what you need to know today.\u00a0 Your Weather Planner TK. Get your 7-day forecast:\u00a0Austin\u00a0|\u00a0San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":133537,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[2160,138,140,139,1062,27],"class_list":["post-134915","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-app-top-stories","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news","tag-mike-dalonzo","tag-texas"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134915","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=134915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/134915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/133537"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=134915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=134915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=134915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}