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Texas
Austin, Texas, already faces costs for its 'sanctuary city' practices
by
Andy Uhler
Apr 28, 2017
Local police say they won't make arrests based on legal status, but there's state and federal pressure to change that.
When people living illegally in the U.S. stay home, stores lose customers
by
Andy Uhler
Apr 28, 2017
Many Latino immigrants in Austin, Texas, are frequenting local businesses less on fears of arrest and deportation.
A Houston woman makes a split decision for home sharing
Feb 20, 2017
Her townhome is designed with two units to host short- or long-term paying guests.
Texas program helps fill the ranks of construction management jobs
by
Bill Zeeble
Dec 26, 2016
There's a construction boom in North Texas.
ICE releases mothers and children who came to U.S. from Central America
Dec 21, 2016
The release coincided with a state judge’s ruling that Texas could not license two family detention facilities as child care centers.
Nonprofit uses music to improve care for dementia patients
Nov 8, 2016
Since the program started in February, there’s been a 60 percent drop in patient falls.
In Texas, kids learn money doesn't grow on trees
by
Bill Zeeble
Jul 25, 2016
From stores to a bank and radio station — in Enterprise City, kids run it all.
For public good, not for profit.
A Texas range war over a natural gas pipeline
Jul 18, 2016
A pipeline carrying natural gas to Mexico from Texas will across remote ranches more than a century old.
Unemployed oil workers find new home in solar industry
Jun 7, 2016
Texas oil workers are flocking to solar power jobs, despite lower wages
Texas lake businesses booming again after long drought
May 12, 2016
Now that water levels are up, the businesses on Lake Travis are seeing better days.