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Noah Smith: How Texas can become the next Silicon Valley
Texas is making another bid to become America’s technology hub. It will be an uphill battle, to put it mildly. But one seemingly small policy tweak could give the state
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A new way to keep Texas 'business-friendly'
This time last year, Texas was wrapping up a year of record low unemployment and job growth in which nearly 1,000 jobs were being added every day. Economic growth seemed
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The spotlight illuminated these rich, powerful and philanthropic North Texas business leaders in 2020
A winning Super Bowl owner and powerful women business leaders. Black leaders guiding Dallas’ top business groups during a summer of racial justice unrest...
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Central Texas welcomes first babies of 2021
Soon after the clock struck midnight AdventHealth welcomed a new year and new life in Texas.
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New Year’s storm to sweep from Texas to Maine, bringing snow, ice, flooding rain and severe weather
Flooding is possible from Houston to Memphis, severe thunderstorms could strike New Orleans, while Oklahoma City and Kansas City face snow and ice.
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Texas’ Ted Cruz, John Cornyn split in Senate vote to overturn Trump’s veto of the $740+ billion annual defense bill
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn voted to overturn the president’s veto of the annual defense spending bill, while U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz chose to sustain it. Twelve other senators—a mix of conservatives and liberals—joined Cruz in voting against overriding the veto.
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Texas Supreme Court blocks enforcement of Austin, Travis County restaurant restrictions
The decision came the evening of Jan. 1, after the rules went into effect for one night.
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