State Rep. Byron Cook asked Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Friday to rule on whether a private company developing a high-speed train project in the state has the power of eminent domain.
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Higher Education
University of Houston Settles Lawsuit Over Basketball Arena Name
The University of Houston has agreed to resolve a legal fight over its basketball arena, currently named after former Houston mayor Roy Hofheinz, by erecting a statue of and renaming a street after the deceased school booster.
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Higher Education
UT System Should Develop Work Study Program in Houston, Task Force Says
A task force plans to recommend that the University of Texas System develop a work study program in Houston, partnering with companies to provide work experience for students, the advisory group announced Monday.
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Energy
Cornyn Files Bill to Speed Texas Hurricane Study
U.S. Sen. John Cornyn has filed legislation to expedite a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers study that will determine how best to protect the Houston region from a devastating hurricane.
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Energy
Report: Texas Industrial Plants Spewing Pollutants Illegally
Hundreds of industrial facilities across Texas are illegally spewing millions of pounds of toxic pollutants into the air each year when they break down or perform maintenance, according to a new report.
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Criminal Justice
Texas Cities See Crime Rates Dropping
Crime rates in Texas cities fell more over the past two years than in other cities across the nation, a new study finds.
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Cruz on Trump’s Take on “Bathroom Law”: Have We Gone Nuts?
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz laced into Donald Trump Thursday morning in Maryland for the billionaire’s suggestion that North Carolina should back down from a law that says individuals must use the public restroom that corresponds with one’s birth certificate gender.
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Economy
Years Later, Benefits from State Subsidy to Chevron Hard to Find
Texas announced in 2013 it was giving Chevron millions of dollars toward building a new office tower and creating 1,752 jobs. More than two years later, the site of the building remains a grassy lot and Chevron has laid off hundreds of workers.
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Energy
Lawmakers Pledge Support for Hurricane Plan
Meeting for only the second time in two years, a panel of Texas lawmakers pledged financial and political support to efforts at developing a plan to protect the Houston-Galveston region from a devastating storm surge.
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Energy
New Houston Hurricane Plan Stirs the Pot
A new proposal to protect the Houston area from hurricanes is reigniting controversy — and potentially diminishing the odds that a consensus will emerge anytime soon on the best plan to safeguard the nation’s fifth-largest metropolitan area.
