Texas Officials Approve $3.9B For Water Projects
The Texas Water Development Board agreed on the funding Thursday. The money is meant for 32 projects spread over 10 years, with $1 billion being disbursed this year.
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The Texas Water Development Board agreed on the funding Thursday. The money is meant for 32 projects spread over 10 years, with $1 billion being disbursed this year.
Republican presidential contender Rick Perry branded Donald Trump's candidacy a "cancer on conservatism" Wednesday in the strongest denunciation yet of the billionaire's provocations in the campaign.
The billionaire businessman and reality TV star, who has been dominating the GOP primary race since he announced his candidacy last month, will travel to Laredo, Texas on Thursday.
Roger Rocha, the newly elected president of the nation's largest and oldest Latino civil rights group, said that he hopes the desire for "unity" will end the group's recent infighting.
Hillary Rodham Clinton's economic agenda targets companies that focus on short-term profits and high-speed trading instead of investing in workers.
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has pulled a classic adolescent prank on a rival who dared to criticize him.
Line-items vetoes made by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott are being questioned by state budget officials, who said Tuesday that the new Republican governor appeared to cut spending in ways that are beyond his constitutional power.
A letter has been posted on-line, addressed to Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton. It's a grievance letter, and it talks about Paxton's response to the recent Supreme Court ruling on same sex marriage.
Donald Trump faced an avalanche of criticism on Monday for questioning Sen. John McCain's heroism. But the billionaire is getting no pressure at all from political donors.
State officials will vote later this week on approving $1 billion in loans and financial help to fund future water projects across Texas.
The United States and Cuba restored full diplomatic relations Monday after more than five decades of frosty relations rooted in the Cold War.
Rick Perry still prides himself on being a Bubba. The former Texas governor relishes laying on the country-boy charm.
Former President George H.W. Bush was released from a Maine hospital on Sunday, four days after the 91-year-old fell at his summer home and broke a bone in his neck.
Officials say it could take three to four months for a fractured neck bone suffered by former President George H.W. Bush to heal.
Former President George H.W. Bush, the oldest living former president, remained in the hospital Thursday in fair condition after breaking a bone in his neck during a fall.
