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Texas
Texas explosion raises concerns for other towns eying fertilizer plants
by
Noel King
Apr 18, 2013
Small communities are fighting to get fertilizer factories to locate nearby. After the West, Texas, explosion, some people who live near proposed plants are reconsidering the risk.
At South by Southwest, techies are the new rock stars
Mar 8, 2013
What was first known as an indie music gathering and then a music and film festival, starts out this year as very much an interactive, startup, new media hotspot.
Yee-haw! Why Houston's housing market is growing so fast
Mar 1, 2013
Why was Houston, Texas, just named the "healthiest housing market for 2013?" Realtor Thai Klam helps explain.
Which is better for business: Texas or California?
by
Jeff Tyler
Feb 11, 2013
Texas Governor Rick Perry visits California to attract companies away from the Golden State with promises of low taxes and fewer regulations.
A library without any shelves -- or books
by
Kai Ryssdal
Jan 28, 2013
In one Texas county, the new library will look more like an Apple store than a Barnes & Noble.
Texas schools districts suing state over budget cuts
Oct 23, 2012
The trial begins this week. Cash-starved school districts are arguing that big budget cuts violate the state constitution's guarantee of fair and adequate education for all its citizens.
Border town business grapples with Mexican gang violence
by
Jeff Horwich
Oct 11, 2012
This week Mexican marines took out the leader of one of Mexico's most powerful drug gangs, the Zetas. There's some hope this might disrupt their reign of terror there and open up cross-border business and trade.
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Some see energy in abandoned wells
Sep 18, 2012
An oil well may seem pretty useless when the light sweet crude stops flowing. In Texas, researchers and entrepreneurs see a chance to recycle old wells and create geothermal power.
In Texas, water may be free, but it's not forever
by
Scott Tong
Aug 10, 2012
Tapping the Ogallala Aquifer decades ago turned the Panhandle into fertile farmland. Drought is reviving concern that water in the ground, like oil, eventually runs out.
Texas Senate race gets uglier
Jul 24, 2012
Super PAC runs ad linking tea party favorite Cruz to criminal