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Middleton: 'Taxpayer-funded lobbying is a modern practice and a bad one'

Despite the hardships facing hardworking Texans, tax revenue is being diverted away from police, firefighters, roads and teachers, and into the pockets of Austin lobbyists, according to a Texas House representative.

By Juliette Fairley | Dec 11, 2020

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CDC Director Redfield: 'We need to get on with face-to-face learning'

By Benjamin Kibbey | 4 years ago

As the debate over how children receive instruction this school year runs down to the wire, CDC Director Robert Redfield has come down firmly on the side of reopening schools for in-person education.

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DuPont to pay $6.2 million in fines for fatal LaPorte plant explosion, other violations

By John Sammon | Jul 26, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency, Justice Department and State of Texas have settled with the chemical company DuPont, which will pay $3.1 million in civil penalties in addition to $3.1 million paid in 2018 for a fatal plant explosion in La Porte and past violations of water and air standards.