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The Texas flood disaster: Trump’s Hurricane Katrina
World Socialist Web Site
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July 10, 2025
A crew of firefighters from Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, left, aid in search and rescue efforts near the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area, Monday, July 7, 2025, in Ingram, Texas. [AP Photo/Eli Hartman]Texas Governor Greg Abbott...
Texas Senate Bill 6 Ushers in Major Overhaul of Large Load Interconnection and Grid Access Rules
National Law Review
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July 9, 2025
Introduction Electricity demand in Texas is growing at rates not seen in over 70 years, and is projected to continue increasing at unprecedented rates. This marked escalation is driven by population growth, electrification of oilfield operations...
Dramatic New Satellite Images Reveal The Extent Of Texas Flood Devastation
The Travel
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July 9, 2025
Newly released before-and-after satellite images by specialist space technology firm Maxar Technologies show the effects the flooding had on the area surrounding Camp Mystic in Texas's Kerr County. Over 160 people are still missing in the county,...
Gov. Abbott adds flood-related items to Texas Legislature's special session agenda
NBC 5 DFW - Texas
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July 9, 2025
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, in response to the deadly Texas flooding, added flood-related items to the agenda for the Texas Legislature's special session set to begin July 21. Last month, after vetoing the THC ban, Abbott called for the special...
Drivesavers Offers $1 Million In Free Data Recovery For Texas Flood Victims
MENAFN
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July 9, 2025
(MENAFN- PR Newswire) "When disasters like this strike, your data is more than files - it's your life, your memories, your work. Texans should not lose that too," said Scott Moyer, President of DriveSavers Data Recovery. "Data is more than files -...
Texas Flooding Underscores Trouble With Trump’s Plan to ‘Phase Out’ FEMA
Mississippi Free Press
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July 9, 2025
Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin “phasing out” the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to “wean off of FEMA” and “bring it down to the state level.” But after months of promises to overhaul...
Texas flooding, and politics around it, underscore challenges Trump faces in replacing FEMA
St. Louis Post-Dispatch - Missouri
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Just weeks ago, President Donald Trump said he wanted to begin "phasing out" the Federal Emergency Management Agency after this hurricane season to "wean off of FEMA" and "bring it down to the state level." President Donald Trump speaks at the...
Did cloud seeding play a role in devastating Texas floods? Experts say no
News Channel 6 - Texas
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July 10, 2025
WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - Support is pouring in from across the state to Central Texas communities that are reeling from devastating floods. As rescue, recovery and rebuilding efforts have ramped up, so have theories about the cause for the...
Former Texans star J.J. Watt and wife donate $100k to Texas flood recovery
Straight Arrow News
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July 10, 2025
[CHRIS FRANCIS] Houston Texans legend J.J. Watt is lending a helping hand once again. Amid the ongoing rescue and recovery efforts after devastating flash floods across Texas’s Hill Country, the former football player and his wife, Kealia, are...
Texas Bankers Mobilize Flood Relief for Hill Country
Texas Border Business
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July 9, 2025
“The Foundation is committed to standing by our communities in times of crisis,” said officials from the Texas Bankers Foundation. Image: @kennyschenkweather via Facebook. Logo: Courtesy imageTexas Border Business Texas Border Business In response...
NBA star Tony Parker asks $16.5M for over-the-top Texas mansion — featuring a water park with 8 pools
New York Post
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July 9, 2025
Texas’ splashiest celebrity mansion — with the state’s, and possibly the country’s, largest private residential water park — is back on the market for $16.5 million, The Post can reveal. Since 2009, this 53-acre estate located in the San Antonio...
Texas Search Ops On: This US County Has A Deadly History Of Flooding
News18
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July 9, 2025
Last Updated:July 09, 2025, 16:34 IST Texas floods: It is at least the fifth time in the last century that flooding near the Guadalupe River has turned deadly. The area is known locally as 'Flash Flood Alley' A raging Guadalupe River leaves fallen...
AT&T contributes $200,000 to support communities affected by Texas floods
EMS1 - Texas
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July 9, 2025
PRESS RELEASE AT&T is contributing $200,000 to the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country’s Kerr County Flood Relief Fund. We are matching 100% of employee charitable contributions to the Fund. We’ve mobilized disaster recovery teams to...
Trump’s tax bill eliminates clean energy incentives, costing Arizona billions
Arizona Mirror
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July 9, 2025
The “one big, beautiful bill” that Republicans crafted and President Donald Trump signed last week eliminates a number of incentives for clean energy that will directly lead to billions in lost investments for the state of Arizona and thousands of...
In the 10 largest restaurant chains, signs of the industry’s evolution
Restaurant Business Magazine
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Chick-fil-A has grown by more than 1,000% since 2004. | Photo: Shutterstock. The restaurant industry is arguably the most competitive business in the U.S., with thousands of restaurant chains and new ones starting almost every day. And yet over...
Did Trump's National Weather Service staffing cuts hurt Texas flood response? What we know
Snopes
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July 9, 2025
After the catastrophic flash flooding in central Texas on July 4, 2025, users online claimed that U.S. President Donald Trump's administration was ultimately to blame for the flood's 100 deaths due to staffing cuts at the National Weather Service....
Cuts to renewable energy could raise household energy costs
Finance & Commerce - Minnesota
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July 9, 2025
The Blueprint New law cuts tax credits for wind, solar, batteries and EVs. Expands subsidies for fossil fuels, biofuels and coal mining. Experts say the bill will raise household energy costs by 2035. U.S. clean energy progress could fall further...
NAIA national title football game to be played this season in Texas
Sporting News
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July 10, 2025
Another college football national championship game will be played in the state of Texas. The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) recently announced that it will play its national championship game this December in Fort Worth....
Sweid & Sweid boosts US presence with 370-unit Texas project
Gulf Industry Magazine
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Sweid & Sweid, the Dubai-based international real estate development and investment group, has announced completion of its first phase of apartments at The Nelson, a 370-unit multifamily development located in the thriving Austin, Texas submarket....
A new era of restaurant workers may earn six-figure salaries and benefits that 'no other industry' can provide
FOX Business
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Cotton Patch Cafe CEO Brandon Coleman and Bartaco President and CEO Anthony Valletta speak with Fox News Digital about the ability to attract, hire and retain employees. Waiting tables or serving up food in the drive-thru may seem like a first...