While Texas’ energy grid mostly held up last week, the freeze still brought with it lasting emotional and physical impact: Much like a year ago, Texans are once again navigating the lingering effects of climate trauma and even working through post-traumatic stress disorder-like responses to the recent freeze. 

Journalist Andrew Wheat writes that our governor, lawmakers, and judges have distinguished themselves from their colleagues in other states by failing to take timely action against a rogue public official who refuses to step down.