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Obama's Economic Push Highlights Wealth Gap in Texas

President Obama's recent focus on economic disparity, which he touted in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, has drawn attention to the issue in Texas, which has the nation's eighth-highest level of income inequality.

By Veronica Zaragovia, KUT News
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President Barack Obama speaking in Austin on Thursday, May 9, 2013.
Credit: Tamir Kalifa for The Texas Tribune

President Obama's recent focus on economic disparity, which he touted in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, has drawn attention to the issue in Texas, which has the nation's eighth-highest level of income inequality.

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