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Business

Sales Tax Revenues Show Big Texas Cities On Mend From Pandemic

Brian Kirkpatrick, Texas Public Radio

Posted on September 22, 2021 · Texas Public Radio compared year-to-date sales tax returns to major cities through July of this year compared to those during the same period in 2020. Both are pandemic years, but spending and sales tax collections are improving across the state.

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Immigration

More Than 250 Migrant Kids And Teens Test Positive For COVID-19 In Texas Shelters

Elizabeth Trovall

Posted on March 24, 2021 · Texas Health and Human Services confirmed 261 COVID-19 cases in state-licensed facilities and foster care for migrant children since March 5th, 2021.

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Energy & Environment

Gov. Greg Abbott Vows To Fight Joe Biden’s Energy And Climate Agenda

Patrick Svitek, Texas Tribune

Posted on January 28, 2021 · Abbott on Thursday signed an executive order that he said would "direct every state agency to use all lawful powers and tools to challenge any federal action that threatens the" energy sector in Texas.

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Energy & Environment

Oil Is In Trouble. So Is Texas

Paul Flahive, TPR / Michael Taylor, TPR

Posted on November 20, 2020 · Communities and small companies that rely on the oil industry are struggling.

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Energy & Environment

Independent Upstream Companies Among Hardest Hit In Oil And Gas

Kyra Buckley, KUT

Posted on July 30, 2020 · “There's a saying in the oil and gas industry that the closer you are to the drill bit,” says Patrick Jankowski of the Greater Houston Partnership, “the more your job is at risk during a downturn.”

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National

Walmart Will No Longer Sell Ammo For Handguns And The AR-15

Chris Haxel, KCUR

Posted on September 3, 2019 · The company will also stop allowing customers to openly carry firearms inside its stores.

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News

Death Toll In West Texas Shooting Rampage Now At 7

Andy Jechow, KUT / Bobby Allyn, NPR

Posted on August 31, 2019 · The FBI says the shooting appears to have been perpetrated by a sole gunman and does not have any connection to terrorism.

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News

Man In Wedding Feud Reported Father And Brother As Terrorists, Called In Threat To Texas Airport

Associated Press

Posted on February 2, 2018 · An FBI investigation that revealed no terrorist threats

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News

As the Governor’s Legal Team Fights Charges, Perry Stops In Midland

Travis Bubenik

Posted on August 26, 2014 · Governor Rick Perry took to the road for an oil and gas company's groundbreaking ceremony in Midland.

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Posted on June 3, 2023 · Episode 2633: After the Chicago Fire: A city shrugs off a cataclysm. Today, Chicago, after the Fire.

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I SEE U

I SEE U, Episode 2: The Reign Check [Encore]

Eddie Robinson

Posted on May 26, 2023 · Houston pastors reveal surprising revelations a year after Floyd’s death. This episode is an encore of the May 21, 2021 original broadcast.

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Criminal Justice

Second Mississippi jail escapee found; arrested in Houston

Michael Goldberg, Associated Press

Posted on April 28, 2023 · Before his arrest, he was spotted on surveillance video at a Hedwig Village service station around 11 a.m. Sunday.

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Criminal Justice

Residents told to lock doors amid search for jail escapees; getaway truck found in Harris County

Associated Press

Posted on April 26, 2023 · Authorities say one of the prisoners stole a public works vehicle that was later recovered in Spring Valley Village.

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