Texas Drops To #5

July 26, 2022

Dr. M. Ray Perryman, July 20, 2022 About this time last year, I referred to Texas falling to fourth in the CNBC rankings of top states for business as “eerily disturbing.” That remark got more attention than I anticipated. My…

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Offshore wind farm proposed for Gulf of Mexico near Galveston could power 2.3 million homes

July 22, 2022

Photo above: U.S. President Joe Biden holds up a wind turbine size comparison chart while attending a meeting with governors, labor leaders and private companies launching the Federal-State Offshore Wind Implementation Partnership at the White House on June 23. Credit:REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque…

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Texas Republicans in Congress vote against bill to protect right to contraception

July 22, 2022

Photo above: U.S. House Democrats passed a bill Thursday to ensure access to contraceptives. Credit: Michael Gonzalez for The Texas Tribune By Matthew Choi, The Texas Tribune, July 21, 2022 WASHINGTON — The U.S. House passed a bill Thursday that would prevent…

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Republicans Allege Starr County Not Maintaining Campaign Finance Records

June 29, 2022

Photo above: The city, state and U.S. flags fly over City Hall in Rio Grande City. Credit: Jason Garza for The Texas Tribune By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune, June 28, 2022 All eyes are on South Texas this election…

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New Federal Rules On Broadband Funding Could Deny Grants To Rural Texas Communities

June 22, 2022

By Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar  (AUSTIN) — I am extremely concerned about the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the $42.5 billion Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment (BEAD) Program issued on May 13 by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA).…

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Henry Cuellar Wins Democratic Primary In Recount

June 22, 2022

Photo above: U.S. Rep. Henry Cuellar, D-Laredo, at a Get Out the Vote rally in San Antonio in May. A recount found that Cuellar won the Democratic nomination for his congressional seat. Credit: Chris Stokes for The Texas Tribune By Patrick Svitek,…

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Waiting For Keys, Unable To Break Down Doors: Uvalde Schools Police Chief Defends Delay In Confronting Gunman

June 10, 2022

Photo Above: Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Police Chief Pete Arredondo on a dirt road on the outskirts of town on Wednesday. One of the first to respond to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School on May 24, he…

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Jessica Cisneros, Ruben Ramirez Demand Recounts In Two Close-Call South Texas Runoff Races

June 7, 2022

Photo above: Democratic congressional candidate Jessica Cisneros speaks at a “Meet the Candidates” event hosted by the Webb County Democratic Party in Laredo on Feb. 16, 2022. Credit: Lauren Witte/The Texas Tribune By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune, June 6,…

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Texas Was Building Program To Find Troubled Students And Prevent School Shootings. It Hadn’t Reached Uvalde Yet.

June 2, 2022

By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune, June 2, 2022 “Texas was building a program to find troubled students and prevent school shootings. It hadn’t reached Uvalde yet.” was first published by The Texas Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan media organization…

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Texas Comptroller: Steep Rise In Prices Puts Inflation In The Spotlight

June 2, 2022

(AUSTIN) — Texas and the U.S. are experiencing the highest levels of inflation since the early 1980s. Inflation puts pressure on everyone in tangible ways, but why it occurs may be less obvious to the average consumer. In the recently released…

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