Austin Energy in Austin, Texas, recently offered to help federal workers affected by the government shutdown pay their utility bills, according to the company’s director of communications, Robert Cullick.
Cullick tells FOX 7 News that Austin Energy has received calls from about 120 furloughed workers who need assistance with bills. “Suddenly we have thousands of people who never expected to be in need are in need because of action that they really had no control over. The bills are just now going out for some of those employees who have not received a paycheck last week so now you've
News Briefs: Texas Utility Offers to Assist Furloughed Government Workers
Also in this week's sewer and water news, a private contractor is found dead in a holding tank at an Indiana wastewater treatment facility
Jan 23, 2019 |
