Gov. Abbott’s disaster declaration triggers price gouging rules

AUSTIN (KXAN) – Gov. Greg Abbott signed a disaster declaration in multiple counties at a noon press conference Thursday. The declaration, made in response to a massive and ongoing winter storm, triggers price gouging rules and makes it illegal to excessively hike up prices on vital good and services.Abbott said the storm is the one of the “most significant icing events that we have had in the state of Texas in several decades.” Gov. Abbott says power grid performing well during