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House Bill Would Revive Mothballed Nevada Nuclear Waste Dump

Matthew Daly, Associated Press

Posted on May 10, 2018 · The bill would direct the Energy Department to continue a licensing process for Yucca Mountain while also moving forward with a separate plan for a temporary storage site in New Mexico or Texas

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Paxton Sues Federal Government For Not Acting On Nuclear Waste Site

Travis Bubenik

Posted on March 15, 2017 · The lack of an answer to the nuclear waste problem frustrated Rick Perry - now Energy Secretary - when he was governor.

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The Financial Cost Of COVID (Sept. 20, 2021)

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Texas House Passes Bill Allowing Handgun Owners To Carry Weapons In Church

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on May 21, 2019 · Consideration of the bill comes more than a year after a gunman killed 26 in a Sutherland Springs church.

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Trump Will Avoid A Second Shutdown But Will Also Declare A National Emergency At Border

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