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Child Advocates Challenge Tax Cuts for Top Earners

by Eric Galatas/TNS AUSTIN, Texas – The Texas House passed nearly $5 billion in sales and business...
New Overtime Rules Could Give Texans Pay Raise

by Eric Galatas/TNS AUSTIN, Texas – The U.S. Department of Labor announced last week it was updating...
Texas Game Wardens Commission 10 New K-9s

AUSTIN – Ten canines are now official state K-9s after receiving their badges and commissions as Texas...
DPS Urges Motorists to Use Caution Around Motorcyclists

May is Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month AUSTIN – As part of Motorcycle Safety and Awareness Month...
Texas Ranks Low in Providing Businesses with Skilled Workers

by Eric Galatas/TNS AUSTIN, Texas – By the year 2020, 62 percent of jobs in the Lone...
State of the Gulf Five Years after Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill

Harte Research Institute Leads Unprecedented Post-Spill Research Effort CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Gulf of Mexico remains...
TxDOT Motorcycle Campaign Urges Drivers to Look Twice, Share the Road

More than 2,000 motorcyclists killed in Texas since 2010 AUSTIN – As spring weather draws more motorcyclists...
Woman Cites Freedom of Religion to Feed Homeless

by Eric Galatas/TNS SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Joan Cheever has been serving restaurant-quality food to San Antonio’s...
Corporations Admit to Tax Havens, Avoiding $600 Billion in U.S. Taxes

by Eric Galatas/TNS AUSTIN, Texas – Congressional hearings in the past few years made headlines exposing how...
One in Five Texas Households Went Hungry in 2014

by Eric Galatas/TNS AUSTIN, Texas – While Congress considers cuts to safety-net programs such as food stamps...