This goo was worth a point in January 2023.

publication date: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 (part of January 2023)

category: Government

clue: This governor has become well known for transporting the migrants arriving in his border state to northern cities, but that might just be to keep them safe from the winter storms that very much do mess with his state and its independent power grid.

explanation: Abbott is the governor of Texas, a state that has been in the news for the failures of its power grid in 2021 and for calling attention to its border crisis by transporting some of the migrants to Washington, D.C. and other northern cities. more…

intended difficulty: very easy

solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Richard Slominsky, and Erik Bates


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