The state’s electric grid operator issued a weather watch until Friday but says it doesn’t expect power disruptions as demand rises.

Abbott originally appointed Blacklock to the high court as the Place 2 justice in 2018. Abbott's general counsel James Sullivan will replace Blacklock as a new justice.

A likely fight over how much power to take away from local governments may dominate the debate.

The FBI says the man responsible for the attack that killed 14 people was Shamsud-Din Jabbar, a 42-year-old Army veteran from Houston. He was killed in an exchange of gunfire with police following the attack.