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Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., pauses during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. House Republicans are off to a raucous start in their first week back in Washington after an extended holiday break. Some are openly criticizing new House Speaker Mike Johnson. Others helped sink a routine procedural vote to express their displeasure with topline spending levels that Johnson negotiated with Democrats for the current fiscal year.(AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Speaker Mike Johnson sticks by his deal with Democrats, insists Congress will finish spending bills

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., speaks at an annual leadership meeting of the Republican Jewish Coalition, Saturday, Oct. 28, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/David Becker) **FILE**

Speaker Johnson ‘not concerned’ about possible push to oust him

By Alex Miller - The Washington Times

LSU assistant coaches Ensminger, Johnson retiring

Associated Press

FILE - This March 2020, file photo shows the Bethel Church in Redding, Calif. The number of cases linked to an evangelical college in Northern California have doubled in the last week to 274 as the school attracts attention on social media for a video by a church leader criticizing masks as &quot;worthless&quot; and mocking businesses that enforce wearing face coverings. The school, Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry, is affiliated with Bethel Church, a Redding-based evangelical megachurch. (Mike Chapman/The Record Searchlight via AP, File)

COVID up at California religious school; leader slams masks

By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2019, file photo, Christina Taft, the daughter of Camp Fire victim Victoria Taft, displays a collage of photos of her mother, at the burned out ruins of the Paradise, Calif., home where she died in 2018. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric officials are to be expected to appear in court Tuesday, June 16, 2020, to plead guilty for the deadly wildfire that nearly wiped out the Northern California town of Paradise in 2018. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California fire

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 18, 2019, file photo, Pacific Gas &amp; Electric CEO Bill Johnson speaks during an oversight hearing of the Energy, Utilities and Communications committee at the Capitol in Sacramento, Calif. Johnson will step down from the job just 14 months after the nation's largest utility hired him to rescue it from a crippling financial mess caused by a long history of negligence and chance a corporate culture that had emphasized profits over safety. The announcement Wednesday, April 22, 2020, that the 66-year-old Johnson will retire June 30 comes as PG&amp;E tries to push through its plan to end a stint in bankruptcy that was triggered by a series of deadly wildfires ignited by its decaying electrical grid. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

PG&E’s top exec to end short stint at beleaguered utility

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

Pacific Gas &amp; Electric CEO Bill Johnson gestures while testifying at the California Public Utilities Commission in San Francisco, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2020. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu)

PG&E CEO blames past management for problems, promises fixes

By MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 9, 2017, file photo, a firefighter walks near a flaming house in Santa Rosa, Calif. An Associated Press review shows widespread problems with the four “public safety power shutoffs” the utility started rolling out in 2018, a year before massive blackouts paralyzed much of California in recent months. Interviews and documents obtained under public records requests reveal persistent failures and broken promises that in some cases compromised public safety. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

AP Exclusive: PG&E’s history with blackouts signaled trouble

By JUSTIN PRITCHARD and MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 18, 2017, file photo, then-Tennessee Valley Authority CEO Bill Johnson answers questions during an interview with The Associated Press in Nashville, Tenn. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Corp. CEO Johnson is scheduled to testify during a Legislative oversight hearing on Monday, Nov. 18, 2019, at the California state Capitol. Lawmakers have criticized the bankrupt company for leaving millions of people in the dark for days at a time during dry, windy weather events in Oct. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

PG&E boss says it wasn’t fully ready for California outages

By ADAM BEAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 31, 2019, file photo, a customer walks past the off-limits frozen foods section of Big John's Market in Healdsburg, Calif., shortly after it reopened and power was restored after being turned off for four days in an attempt to stem fires caused by wind-damaged power lines. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric Corp. CEO Bill Johnson is scheduled to testify during a Legislative oversight hearing on Monday, Nov. 18, at the state Capitol. Lawmakers have repeatedly criticized the bankrupt company for leaving millions of people in the dark for days at a time during dry, windy weather events in October. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

The Latest: CEO says PG&E got complacent about power outages

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2019, file photo, flowers brighten the burned out remains of a home destroyed by the previous year's Camp Fire, in Paradise, Calif. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric has agreed to extend by two months the deadline to file claims against the company for damages suffered from a series of wildfires in California. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

California utility meets with governor amid bankruptcy case

By ADAM BEAM and MICHAEL LIEDTKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2019, file photo, Pacific Gas &amp; Electric employees work in the PG&amp;E Emergency Operations Center in San Francisco. Authorities say power outages have started Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, in Northern California after the state's largest utility said it was planning a widespread blackout citing wildfire danger. The Santa Rosa Fire Department tweeted Wednesday that shutoffs had started in the city and it was getting multiple reports of outages. Pacific Gas &amp; Electric said earlier Wednesday it was going forward with blackouts later in the day that could affect 450,000 people in 17 counties of Northern California. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)

California utility begins another blackout amid fire fears

By JOCELYN GECKER - Associated Press

California Editorial Rdp

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 8, 2018 file photo a home burns as the Camp Fire rages through Paradise, Calif. California fire authorities say that Pacific Gas and Electric equipment was responsible for the deadliest and most destructive wildfire in state history. Cal Fire said in a press release issued Wednesday, May 15, 2019, that electrical transmission lines in the Pulga area sparked the Nov. 8 fire that wiped out most of the town of Paradise and killed 85 people. (AP Photo/Noah Berger,File)

Fire officials determine PG&E equipment sparked deadly fire

By KATHLEEN RONAYNE AND JANIE HAR - Associated Press

Tennessee Valley Authority defends coal ash cleanup actions

By TRAVIS LOLLER - Associated Press

This June 3, 2014, file photo shows a panoramic view of the Paradise Fossil Plant in Drakesboro Ky. (AP Photo/Dylan Lovan, File)

Coal-fired power plant in Kentucky set to close, despite Donald Trump’s support

By Adam Beam - Associated Press

Federal utility’s CEO announces plans for retirement

Associated Press

EXCHANGE: Pike County vet reaches 40 years in the field

By MATT DUTTON - Associated Press

ADVANCE FOR WEEKEND EDITIONS - In this March 2, 2017, photo, students learn skills in the welding program at Northwest College in Powell, Wyoming. Despite layoffs in the oil field, welders are still in high demand, and enrollment in the college's welding program is increasing, said Bill Johnson, coordinator of the program. (Ilene Olson/The Powell Tribune via AP)

Northwest College welding program going strong

By ILENE OLSON - Associated Press

Federal utility CEO: Coal plants not reopening under Trump

By JONATHAN MATTISE - Associated Press