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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...
Houston pop artist Xandi breaks the mold with newest album
Defender Network - Texas
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July 8, 2025
XANDi’s album curated many hits, including “Pop It”, “ZZZ” and “How Would I Know”. XANDi’s sound has been described as “one-of-a-kind” and easy to relate to for all. Courtesy: XANDi Before she wrote a pop hook or shared a stage with Eric Benét,...
Elite group of veterans deploy to aid in Texas flood rescues as death toll hits triple digits
Military Families
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July 9, 2025
When the power at retired soldier Mike Dinesman’s San Antonio, Texas, home began fluctuating late on July 3, he had an uncomfortable intuition: something big was coming. It was indeed, with catastrophic flooding along central Texas’ Guadalupe...
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....
State response and recovery efforts continue for Texans impacted by flooding
KXXV 25 - Texas
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July 9, 2025
CENTRAL TEXAS (KXXV) — On Wednesday, Gov. Greg Abbott updated Texas' ongoing efforts to assist residents and communities impacted by recent severe flooding across the state. The State of Texas has deployed more than 2,200 personnel and 1,200...
Chemical recycling sector renews push for manufacturing status amid EPA rule changes
Waste Dive
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July 9, 2025
Chemical recycling supporters say they will continue to advocate for certain pyrolysis processes to be classified as manufacturing, not as a form of incineration or waste management. The industry’s renewed calls for reclassification come as the...
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...
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...
Texas launches pro-business efficiency push with “DOGE” Task Force amid rising regulatory reforms
Natural News
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July 7, 2025
Texas launches pro-business efficiency push with “DOGE” Task Force amid rising regulatory reforms Texas Railroad Commission unveils the Delivering Oil & Gas Efficiently (DOGE) Task Force to streamline operations. $593 million state budget boost...
They call it Flash Flood Alley: Here's what makes Central Texas so susceptible to floods
Austin American-Statesman - Texas
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There’s a stretch of Texas that runs from Dallas to San Antonio along Interstate 35, encompassing much of the state’s central core. It follows the curve of the Balcones Escarpment and reaches deep into the rugged terrain of the Texas Hill Country....
LDR Partners LP Announces Acquisition of Active Radiator, and Combination with Cincinnati Radiator and Ohio Heat Transfer, Forming the Largest U.S. Heavy Manufacturing Platform for Aluminum Industrial Heat Exchangers
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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PHILADELPHIA and HOUSTON, July 9, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LDR Partners LP ("LDR") today announced the acquisition of Active Radiator ("Active"), a leading U.S.-based manufacturer, servicer, and distributor of heavy-duty cooling equipment. The...
‘How Rude!’ 12 Grocery Store Habits Texans Need to Quit
Talk Radio 960AM - Louisiana
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July 9, 2025
(KNUE-FM) 'Rude!' (Hey, we're guilty of some of these, too.) Here are 12 not-very-nice things some Texans need to stop doing when they're shopping at our grocery stores. I find most people in Texas quite gracious in public places we share. At the...
US DOI Proposes Easing Regulations on Onshore Commingled Production
Rigzone
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July 9, 2025
The United States Department of the Interior (DOI) is proposing updates to land regulations to promote combined production from multiple leases, saying the practice “reduces environmental impacts, lowers operating costs and increases overall...
Texas horrific floods raise serious questions about U.S. governance
CGTN
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A Camp Mystic sign is seen near the entrance to the establishment along the banks of the Guadalupe River after a flash flood swept through the area in Texas, July 5, 2025. /AP A Camp Mystic sign is seen near the entrance to the establishment along...
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....
He Lost His Wife and Kids in a Texas Flood 10 Years Ago. Now He's Volunteering To Help Other Families
TODAY
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July 9, 2025
One volunteer digging through piles of flood debris covering Kerr County, Texas, knows exactly how the families who lost their loved ones feel ... because he experienced the same thing. On Memorial Day weekend in 2015, historic flooding swept...
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....
Food Bank of West Central Texas expands with new drive-through pantry
KTXS - Texas
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ABILENE, Texas — The Food Bank of West Central Texas is expanding with a drive-through pantry and more office space. RELATED | Food Bank of West Central Texas fights hunger across the Big Country The original warehouse is about 30,000 square feet,...
US to drop millions of flies over Texas to kill ‘man-eater’ maggots
Yahoo News
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(NewsNation) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. It’s part of the government’s plans for protecting the U.S. from the so-called...
Three Texas baseball pitchers to skip 2025 MLB Draft, return to UT
Austin American-Statesman - Texas
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Three key Texas baseball pitchers are expected to forego the 2025 MLB Draft and return to play for the Longhorns next season, a source with direct knowledge of the situation told the American-Statesman on Wednesday. Ruger Riojas, Luke Harrison and...