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The Lone Star State is like an entire country unto itself. That's because it once was: Texas was an independent republic from 1836-1845...and in the minds of many of its citizens, it still is. Texans take greater pride in their heritage than perhaps any other people in the U.S.
This was the largest state until Alaska joined the U.S. in 1959; and it is still one of the most varied. Stretching 790 miles at its most distant points, Texas is home to beaches and swamps along the Gulf of Mexico; fertile, rolling hills in its heartland; arid desert in the extreme west; extensive forests in the east; windswept plains and rugged canyons in the north; and mountains rising almost to 9,000 feet.
And cities. Texas is home to some of the largest cities in the United States, as well as some of the most historic. Houston and the Dallas-Ft. Worth metroplex dominate the economic life of the state; but San Antonio—home of the famous Alamo—is perhaps the most typically "Texan" city. Austin in the heartland, El Paso in the west, Amarillo in the panhandle, and Corpus Christi on the coast are among the many other major cities.
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Local Headlines for Austin Texas from Statesman.com
Two residents bound with tape in Leander home invasion
Feb 8, 2012 4:26 pm
Two men armed with stun guns forced their way into a Leander home and bound two residents hands with tape Tuesday night, police said. An unknown amount of cash and other items were taken from the home...
Texas sales tax still exceeding expectations
Feb 8, 2012 3:27 pm
Texas sales tax collections topped $2 billion in January, crossing that threshold the second time in three months. Stemming from sales in December, the collections were up 9.5 percent over the same mo...
Teacher facing felony for giving student 'morning-after pill,' police say
Feb 8, 2012 2:36 pm
A high school physical education teacher is facing a felony charge for giving a morning-after pill to a student who was worried that she was pregnant, according to an arrest affidavit released today. ...
Santorum seizes solid wins in 2 states
Feb 8, 2012 5:05 am
His candidacy all but dismissed just days ago, Rick Santorum won the Minnesota caucuses and Missouri's nonbinding primary Tuesday night, raising new doubts about Mitt Romney's ability to capture the c...
Nation Digest: Talks stall on extending payroll tax cut; Nebraska's Kerrey declines U.S. Senate bid
Feb 8, 2012 4:11 am
CONGRESS Senate talks bog down over payroll tax holiday WASHINGTON - Any hope for a fast resolution to the congressional battle over a payroll tax holiday seemed to dim as members of a bipartisan...
Appeals court: Social Security seniors can't reject Medicare
Feb 8, 2012 4:06 am
A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that seniors who receive Social Security cannot reject their legal right to Medicare benefits, in a rare case of Americans suing to get out of a government entitl...
South Carolina sues U.S. attorney general over voter ID law
Feb 8, 2012 4:05 am
The U.S. Justice Department was wrong to block South Carolina from requiring voters to show government-issued photo identification to vote, the state's top prosecutor argued in a lawsuit filed Tuesday...
University's students can get 'morning after' pill from vending machine
Feb 8, 2012 4:04 am
Students at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania can get the "morning-after" pill by sliding $25 into a vending machine, an idea that has drawn the attention of federal regulators and rai...
City set to pay for weekend MetroRail service
Feb 8, 2012 3:54 am
MetroRail, currently only a Monday-through-Friday operation with some scattered weekend runs, would run Friday nights and Saturdays year-round under a pending agreement between the City of Austin and ...
Mountain lion snatches Leander boy in Big Bend; child survives
Feb 8, 2012 3:25 am
Taking all the recommended precautions wasn't enough to keep a mountain lion from snatching a 6-year-old Leander boy from his mother's hand and clamping its jaws on his face at Big Bend National Park ...
Texas Headlines from Statesman.com
Santorum: I won and raised about $250K Tues night
Feb 8, 2012 6:56 pm
Resurgent Rick Santorum said his sweep of three GOP contests earned his shoestring campaign $250,000 overnight, cash he needs to take his upstart bid for the Republican presidential nomination to Mitt...
Stern: Howard's future won't hurt All-Star game
Feb 8, 2012 6:32 pm
NBA Commissioner David Stern doesn't think Dwight Howard's uncertain future will overshadow the All-Star game in Orlando in three weeks.
Hornets sign G Sloan to 10-day contract
Feb 8, 2012 6:17 pm
Hornets coach Monty Williams says the club has signed guard Donald Sloan to a 10-day contract. The 6-foot-3 Sloan appeared in five games with Atlanta earlier this season but was released by the Hawks...
Winning numbers drawn in 'Pick 3 Day' game
Feb 8, 2012 5:47 pm
The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Day" game were: 4-7-0, Sum It Up: 11 (four, seven, zero; Sum It Up: eleven) ___ February 08, 2012 01:4...
Feb 8, 2012 5:47 pm
These Texas lotteries were drawn Wednesday: 7-8-7-3, Sum It Up: 25 (seven, eight, seven, three; Sum It Up: twenty-five) Estimated jackpot: $41 million 4-7-0, Sum It Up: 11 (four, seven, zero; ...
Winning numbers drawn in 'Daily 4 Day' game
Feb 8, 2012 5:47 pm
The winning numbers in Wednesday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were: 7-8-7-3, Sum It Up: 25 (seven, eight, seven, three; Sum It Up: twenty-five) ___ Febru...
Texas officials estimate higher property values
Feb 8, 2012 5:21 pm
Texas property values increased 1.3 percent statewide last year, the comptroller's office says, in another sign the economy is getting stronger.
Texas sales tax revenue up nearly 10 percent
Feb 8, 2012 5:11 pm
Texas Comptroller Susan Combs says state sales tax revenue for January was up almost 10 percent over last year.
Ex-Stanford exec finishes testifying
Feb 8, 2012 4:32 pm
The prosecution's star witness in the fraud trial of jailed Texas tycoon R. Allen Stanford has finished testifying.
Mexican navy finds 10 bodies in mass grave sites
Feb 8, 2012 3:41 pm
The Mexican navy says a suspected member of the Zetas drug gang has led authorities to a mass grave site at two ranches in the Gulf coast state of Veracruz.
Latest news for Austin Texas from Austin Business Journal
Applied Nanotech gets $730K Army contract
Feb 8, 2012 7:50 pm
Molecular research firm Applied Nanotech Holdings Inc. has been awarded a two-year $730,000 contract to develop a power generator for the U.S. Army. Officials at the Austin-based Applied Nanotech (OT...
Austin real estate round-up: Feb. 8
Feb 8, 2012 7:31 pm
Here is a round-up listing of recent deals and announcements in the Austin real estate market since last Wednesday: University Federal Credit Union has purchased 8303 MoPac, a 246,000-square-foot off...
House bills to redefine small business programs
Feb 8, 2012 7:04 pm
The House Small Business Committee will introduce Wednesday three bills that seek to up the influence of small business advocates in government, refine how government defines a small business, and str...
Austin employees in love with their jobs, survey says
Feb 8, 2012 6:34 pm
A recent survey shows that Austin employees are more satisfied with their jobs than any other U.S. city. Regus PLC, a flexible workplace provider with offices in Austin, found that 75 percent of Aust...
Feb 8, 2012 6:24 pm
The Texas Association for Home Care & Hospice Inc.s long-term executive director, Anita Bradberry, is stepping down to retire. Bradberry, who joined the Austin-based association in 1989, plans to...
Austin collects $16.5M in sales tax revenue
Feb 8, 2012 6:14 pm
Comptroller Susan Combs will distribute $708.5 million in sales tax revenue from December sales to local governments, with $16.5 million of that going to Austin. Statewide, sales tax figures for Dece...
WhiteGlove spreads medical services to Tenn.
Feb 8, 2012 5:50 pm
WhiteGlove Health Inc., a provider of medical services at home or work, has expanded to parts of Tennessee. The Austin-based company has signed four new customers in Tennessee: Beaman Automotive Grou...
Austin among top 12 metros that grew jobs in past decade
Feb 8, 2012 5:01 pm
Austin is one of 11 metropolitan areas in the Sunbelt to post job gains in the past decade, according to an analysis of preliminary data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The Business Journal...
Austin-based Pivot3 receives $23M
Feb 8, 2012 2:17 pm
Software maker Pivot3 Inc. has completed a $23 million round of financing. Executives at the Austin-based company said the capital will be used to fund expansion of Pivot3s product development and sa...
Traveling to D.C.? Stay at Trump hotel
Feb 8, 2012 1:44 pm
Donald Trump plans to spend $200 million to convert an existing building in the nation's capital into a luxury hotel. The hotel will feature more than 250 rooms, as well as offering restaurants and a...
Latest News for Dallas Texas from Dallasnews.com
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Latest news for Houston Texas from Houston Business Journal
Dynamo, MultiMedios Houston to broadcast Spanish-language games
Feb 8, 2012 7:18 pm
The Houston Dynamo has partnered with MultiMedios Houston, a Spanish-language TV station, to broadcast 16 Dynamo regular-season games in 2012. The organizations previously partnered to broadcast game...
Houston City Council approves red-light camera settlement
Feb 8, 2012 6:46 pm
Houston City Council voted Wednesday to approve a settlement with Arizon-based American Traffic Solutions, the former operator of the citys red-light cameras. KTRK-TV reports that the city will pay A...
M.D. Anderson names building after former CEO Mendelsohn
Feb 8, 2012 6:44 pm
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center said Wednesday it is renaming it Faculty Center building at 1400 Holcombe Blvd. to the John Mendelsohn Faculty Center in honor of the organizations ...
Rigzone features women workers in the energy field
Feb 8, 2012 5:19 pm
The folks at Rigzone launched a 10-day feature on Feb. 6 highlighting the women who work in the male-dominated oil and gas industry. Rigzone asked five women the same 10 questions about their roles i...
Houston posts largest 10-year job gain in U.S.
Feb 8, 2012 5:15 pm
Houston increased its number of private-sector jobs by more than 230,000 between 2001 and 2011 75,000 more jobs than any other U.S. citys increase. The Bayou city had 2.21 million jobs in 2011 compa...
Department of Energy launches energy innovation hub, will dole out $20M for research
Feb 8, 2012 4:35 pm
The U.S. Department of Energy recently launched an energy innovation hub designed to spur new battery and energy storage research, and it is accepting applications to fund research opportunities. Acc...
ALS Association consolidates in Irving
Feb 8, 2012 3:34 pm
The ALS Association has restructured its operations in Texas, merging the North Texas, Greater Houston, and South Texas chapters into a statewide ALS Association Texas Chapter headquartered in Irving....
Texas Memory Systems partners with NEVEX
Feb 8, 2012 2:46 pm
Texas Memory Systems Inc. said Feb. 7 that it will partner with Toronto-based NEVEX Virtual Technologies to develop technology solutions that the companies hope will boost performance of VMware and Mi...
Shale, foreign investment drive energy M&A growth
Feb 8, 2012 2:43 pm
Continued investment in shale plays, foreign buyers and private equity capital investment fueled 2011 growth in U.S. oil and gas mergers and acquisitions, according to an analysis of energy M&A ac...
Stanfords defense questions Ex-CFOs 2009 letter
Feb 8, 2012 2:27 pm
James Davis, former CFO for Stanford Financial Group, told jurors Feb. 7 in the ongoing R. Allen Stanford trial that the Houston-based financial firm collapsed partly because of the stock market faili...
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