The state task force would analyze petroleum theft and recommend policy improvements to curb rising oilfield theft. The bill now heads to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk for approval.
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U.S. employers added 177,000 jobs in April — a modest slowdown from the previous month, while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.2%.
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A $22 million project to tear down and rebuild the Chisos Mountains Lodge at Big Bend National Park was originally slated to begin in May but has been delayed multiple times this year.
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Democrats had vowed to prevent the passage of any proposed constitutional amendments to try and force Republicans to amend the controversial school voucher bill. Republicans didn't give in.
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After years of shortfalls, Mexico has agreed to expedited water deliveries to the U.S. under the 1944 Treaty.
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Traditionally Democratic and overwhelmingly Hispanic voters on the Texas-Mexico border favored Trump in last November's election, giving him 12 of the Texas borderlands' 14 counties, up from just five in 2016. But now, at the crucial 100-day mark into Trump's 2nd term, that support is waning.
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