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TEXAS HISTORY MINUTE

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 5:00am

Houston had long been an important city for Texas. Businessmen like Jesse H. Jones helped make it an international center for commerce. He had arrived in Texas as a young man and worked his way through thr ranks of his uncle’s Dallas-based lumber company before coming to Houston where he would soon invest in all sorts of businesses. President Woodrow Wilson offered him a cabinet position at one point. By the 1920s, he came to own the Houston Chronicle, and his business holdings would only expand further. By the 1930s, his expertise would be recognized nationwide as he was called upon by the White House to combat the Great Depression.

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Moran’s perspective on policy, politics

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 5:00am

Congressman Nathaniel Moran’s officially opened his Texarkana Office with a grand opening on Wednesday, January 18, on the Texarkana College Campus.

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Suzanne’s Corner

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 5:00am

Winter, taco soup and friends

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Lawmakers push $15K teacher raises

Wed, 02/01/2023 - 5:00am

A group of House Democrats is proposing a $15,000 raise for the state’s teachers and a 25% raise for other state employees by using some of the state’s record budget surplus. State Rep. James Talarico, D-Austin, announced the bill last week and was joined by Democratic legislators and teachers, the Austin American-Statesman reported.