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Texas power use hits record high as heatwave lingers (www.reuters.com)
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Texas power use hits record high as heatwave lingers::Demand for power in Texas hit a record high on Monday as homes and businesses kept air conditioners cranked up to escape a heatwave.

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[–] InverseParallax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's really hard to vote in cities because they severely restrict polling sites, while every church in a 1 gas-station town is a polling place.

This is for historical reasons in the south, much easier to keep political control if you're the only ones who can effectively vote.