Texas earns a grade of B for student financial literacy
After crunching a few numbers, Champlain College’s Center for Financial Literacy has given Texas a B on its report card for personal finance education. The aim of Champlain’s study is to encourage...
View ArticleMove over energy sector — there's another industry on the horizon set to boom
Northern Trust Corp.(Nasdaq: NTRS) Chief Economist Carl Tannenbaum told Houston Business Journal that he sees health care as "a boom industry" in Texas — especially Houston — second only to oil and...
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Texas Lt. Governor: BLM ‘Makes My Blood Boil’
*HOUSTON, TEXAS*--Texas Lt. Governor David Dewhurst slammed the U.S. Bureau of Land Management in a statement today after Breitbart Texas revealed a federal plan to potentially seize mass tracts of...
View ArticleTexas Gov. Rick Perry’s return to New York draws Bronx cheer
No one can accuse Gov. Rick Perry of letting harsh words from New Yorkers prevent him from taking his pro-Texas message back to the Big Apple. Perry was expected to make a return trip to New York this...
View ArticleAIReS Celebrates Earth Day 2014
The Pittsburgh-based relocation management company partnered with The Nature Conservancy to plant 1,000 trees for reforestation efforts. Pittsburgh, PA (PRWEB) April 22, 2014 AIReS has long held a...
View ArticleBigger Medicaid won't do in all-GOP special election for Texas Senate
Reported by DallasNews 1 hour ago.
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AmREIT Announces El Tiempo Lease at Woodlake Square, Redevelopment Complete
HOUSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today, AmREIT announced the signing of a 7,000 square foot building lease with El Tiempo Cantina for an outparcel at the Woodlake Square shopping center in Houston, Texas....
View ArticleEnLink Midstream to Host Annual Analyst and Investor Conference on Monday,...
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EnLink Midstream, LLC (NYSE: ENLC) (the general partner) and EnLink Midstream Partners, LP (NYSE: ENLK) (the master limited partnership) announced today that they will host...
View ArticleHeroic Pony Protects Her Foal During Barn Fire in Texas
A heroic pony and her baby survived a barn fire earlier this month in Texas after the mother protected her foal, but their recovery is proving to be painful and costly. Reported by Newsmax 1 hour ago.
View ArticleLawmakers Are Trying To Restrict Solitary Confinement
DENVER (AP) — A year after a Colorado inmate held in solitary confinement allegedly gunned down the state prisons chief upon being released, lawmakers are moving to restrict use of the punishment for...
View ArticleTexas woman accused of head-butting police officer
A Texas woman stands accused of head butting an officer while she was being booked into jail—an outburst that could throw her behind bars for 10 years. Reported by NY Daily News 54 minutes ago.
View ArticleTexas Billionaire Lands Big Deal For BP's Alaska Oilfields
Deal size is estimated to be on the order of $1.5 billion. Reported by Forbes.com 1 hour ago.
View ArticleChildren’s Medical Center Named First Hospital to Receive Texas Covered...
DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--At the HITRUST 2014 conference today in Grapevine, Texas, Children’s Medical Center Dallas announced it is the first and currently the only hospital in Texas to receive the...
View ArticleAfter Record $5 Billion Pollution Settlement, Oil Company Still Has Friends...
WASHINGTON -- A joint fundraising committee controlled by Republican Senate leaders Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) received contributions exclusively from executives of the...
View ArticleFitch Rates Dallas-Fort Worth Airport Revenue Improvement Bonds Series 2014B...
NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Fitch Ratings has assigned an 'A' rating to approximately $180 million joint revenue improvement bonds, series 2014B, issued by the cities of Dallas and Fort Worth, Texas for...
View ArticleMI Republican Terri Lynn Land Responds To Dem #WarOnWomen Nonsense: 'Really?'
Democrats have been trying to deploy their cynical and insulting #WarOnWomen strategy on Michigan Republican Terri Lynn Land, who is running against Rep. Gary Peters in a highly competitive race for...
View ArticleRepublicans warn BLM eyeing land grab along Texas-Oklahoma border
Texas officials are raising alarm that the Bureau of Land Management, on the heels of its dust-up with Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, might be eyeing a massive land grab in northern Texas. Reported by...
View ArticleTexas Crop Report
The following reports were compiled by AgriLife Extension Service for the week of April 22: Reported by Miami Herald 20 minutes ago.
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‘Border Insecurity:’ Stealing from Cartels
The following is an excerpt from Breitbart Texas’ border security expert and contributing editor Sylvia Longmire’s new book, Border Insecurity: Why Big Money, Fences, and Drones Aren’t Making Us...
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Dewhurst, Darby Speak to Houston Area Republican Dinner
The Spring Branch Republicans held their 2^nd Annual San Jacinto Day Dinner, a celebration of Texas Independence that featured Texas Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst and Breitbart Texas Managing...
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