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Angleton Has 5,700 Water Lines of Unknown Material. Staff Want $230,880 to Find the Lead
Replacing every unknown line could cost $11.5 million. The city wants computer modeling and meter checks to narrow the list first.
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Trump's Cheaper Beef Import Plan Falls Short as Prices Stay High. A Cattle Market Will Not Bend in 90 Days.
The administration's 90-day plan to import lean beef trimmings at a lower tariff is lagging, economists say much of it would have come anyway, and ranchers oppose it.
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Angleton Has 5,700 Water Lines of Unknown Material. Staff Want $230,880 to Find the Lead
Replacing every unknown line could cost $11.5 million. The city wants computer modeling and meter checks to narrow the list first.
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Make a Freeze Plan Now. Texas A&M Experts on Protecting Plants, Hoses and Pipes Before the First Cold Snap
Texas A&M AgriLife experts say the time to plan for a freeze is before it comes. Water first, mulch, cover the tender plants, drain the hoses and wait to prune.
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Double Oak Votes Nov. 3 on Whether to Allow Alcohol Sales
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Crosby ISD Asks Voters for $208 Million for a Fifth Elementary and a New Middle School
Two propositions on the Nov. 3 ballot would replace a 1974 middle school and add room for a district projected to grow 61% in ten years.
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How Kilgore Went From Fading Cotton Town to the World's Richest Acre
Kilgore had fewer than 500 people in mid-1930. Then the East Texas oilfield came in, and the town grew to 12,000, with 44 wells on a single block.
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TCU Chancellor Daniel Pullin Resigns After 17 Months. Victor Boschini Returns to Lead the University
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Austin Man Shot by an ICE Officer Pleads Not Guilty. What the Court Record Shows So Far
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan man shot during a Sept. 20 traffic stop in Austin, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a federal officer. Here is what each side has said in court.
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Trump's Cheaper Beef Import Plan Falls Short as Prices Stay High. A Cattle Market Will Not Bend in 90 Days.
The administration's 90-day plan to import lean beef trimmings at a lower tariff is lagging, economists say much of it would have come anyway, and ranchers oppose it.
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West Lake Hills Weighs a 25-Year Texas Gas Service Franchise at 5%
The city's 2001 gas franchise expired Sept. 1. Council wants stronger language on old lines and sensitive land before it signs another 25 years.
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High-Speed Internet Is Coming to Deep East Texas. A New Coalition Wants Locals Ready for the Jobs
The Deep East Texas Council of Governments launched the Pineywoods Broadband Coalition to teach computer basics, protect aging water and gas lines from fiber digging and prepare workers for new jobs.
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Microsoft Offers Buyouts to About 60,000 Workers as AI Spending Soars. Know the State of Your Own Flock.
Microsoft confirmed a voluntary buyout offer for around 60,000 employees in the U.S., Canada, India and the U.K. as it spends heavily on AI data centers.
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Double Oak Votes Nov. 3 on Whether to Allow Alcohol Sales
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Austin Man Shot by an ICE Officer Pleads Not Guilty. What the Court Record Shows So Far
Wilber Rafael Garces Perez, a Venezuelan man shot during a Sept. 20 traffic stop in Austin, pleaded not guilty to assaulting a federal officer. Here is what each side has said in court.
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Trump's Cheaper Beef Import Plan Falls Short as Prices Stay High. A Cattle Market Will Not Bend in 90 Days.
The administration's 90-day plan to import lean beef trimmings at a lower tariff is lagging, economists say much of it would have come anyway, and ranchers oppose it.
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Garland Voters Decide Whether to Keep a Tax Rate That Adds 27 Public Safety Jobs
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At the Port of Corpus Christi, Trump Touts Venezuelan Oil, Promises Flood Relief and Asks Texans to Send Paxton
One week before Election Day, President Trump told a port crowd a tanker of Venezuelan crude was bound for Texas refineries, defended the Iran war and tariffs, and urged votes for Ken Paxton.
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The Supreme Court declined to restore the administrative-closure rule that let immigration judges pause some deportation cases, leaving a Texas-DOJ consent judgment in force.
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West Lake Hills Weighs a 25-Year Texas Gas Service Franchise at 5%
The city's 2001 gas franchise expired Sept. 1. Council wants stronger language on old lines and sensitive land before it signs another 25 years.
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Citizens Sue Trump Over White House Press Bans. Answer Bad Reporting With the Truth, Not a Locked Door.
A new lawsuit, Roth v. Trump, argues that the White House press corps is a public forum and that viewpoint-based bans on reporters harm ordinary citizens.
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High-Speed Internet Is Coming to Deep East Texas. A New Coalition Wants Locals Ready for the Jobs
The Deep East Texas Council of Governments launched the Pineywoods Broadband Coalition to teach computer basics, protect aging water and gas lines from fiber digging and prepare workers for new jobs.
