I've been a reporter in Texas and an avid user of the Texas Public Information Act for nearly 25 years and have never seen anything like this.

houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-t… Five Texas newspapers allege that Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is improperly withholding records that include messages sent during the Jan. 6 pro-Trump rally in DC.

Today, the Travis County DA's office delivered this unprecedented letter to Paxton: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2117…

The Texas attorney general's office is supposed to uphold the state's open records law.

Media outlets across Texas are asking why @KenPaxtonTX isn't releasing his own records:

houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

via @lmcgaughy, @MorrisReports and @byjayroot #openrecords #hounews This collaboration was the brainchild of an amazing editor, @_SusanCarroll.

When I told her that officials were refusing to release all @KenPaxtonTX's messages during the riot at the Capitol, Susy wondered whether other news organizations were dealing with the same roadblocks.

Texas' electric system is facing an "unprecedented power shortage" during the winter storm and there's no telling when thousands of customers will get power restored.

Check here for the latest weather updates throughout the day: houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-w… #hounews #txwx Out of 2.6 million homes and businesses served by @CNPalerts in the Houston area, 1 million are without power.

"The bottom line is that neither CenterPoint, nor I, can give you an estimate of when the power will come back on," says @LinaHidalgoTX:

houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-w… #txwx