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Texas is a state located in the southern and southwestern regions of the United States of America. With an area of 261,797 square miles (678,051 km˜) and a population of 23.5 million in 254 counties, the state is second-largest in both area, behind Alaska, and population, behind California. About half the state's population resides in either the Dallas–Fort Worth or Houston metropolitan areas. Texas is internationally known for its energy and aeronautics industries, and for the ship channel at the Port of Houston—the largest in the U.S. in international commerce and the sixth-largest port in the world. The state is home to the most Fortune 500 companies in the United States and has the second-largest economy in the United States. The Texas Medical Center contains the world's largest concentration of research and healthcare institutions.

 

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Latest news for Austin Texas from Austin Business Journal

ArthroCare facing delisting from Nasdaq

Aug 19, 2008 10:32 pm

ArthroCare Corp. could be removed from the Nasdaq because it did not file its most-recent quarterly financial report on time.

 

Williamson approves $118 million budget

Aug 19, 2008 7:55 pm

One of the fastest growing counties in Texas has just approved a $118 million budget for the upcoming fiscal year.

 

University Co-op's San Antonio store opens

Aug 19, 2008 7:43 pm

The University Co-op, a not-for-profit company owned by the students, faculty and staff of the University of Texas at Austin, has finally opened its previously planned store in the Alamo Quarry Market...

 

Texas unemployment claims remain well above 2007 levels

Aug 19, 2008 7:40 pm

The number of layoffs in Texas continues to rise.

 

Norandex to open Austin branch

Aug 19, 2008 6:58 pm

Norandex Building Materials Distribution sees promise in Austin's construction market.

 

Texas first responders finalize plans for public safety communications

Aug 19, 2008 6:57 pm

More than 200 public safety officials from across Texas gathered in Austin Tuesday to finalize recommendations on improving the state's public safety wireless communications system.

 

U.S. home, apartment construction hits 17-year low

Aug 19, 2008 6:26 pm

Home and apartment construction nationwide fell in July to its lowest level in more than 17 years.

 

Texas Tech signs on to WilCo higher educational initiative

Aug 19, 2008 5:08 pm

Texas Tech will become a new partner for a planned multi-institutional teaching center north of Austin.

 

SailPoint locks down $6.5 million for European expansion

Aug 19, 2008 2:59 pm

SailPoint Technologies Inc. secured a $6.5 million round of series C funds to expands its sales and marketing efforts into Europe.

 

CAMPO looking for feedback on short-range transportation plan

Aug 19, 2008 2:55 pm

The Capital Area Metropolitan Planning Organization is seeking public input about changes to its short-range Transportation Improvement Plan.

 
 

Texas Headlines from Statesman.com

Trial begins in firefighter death; typhus has been here before.

Aug 20, 2008 5:32 am

HAYS COUNTY

 

Flooding recedes in Valley after foot of rain falls

Aug 20, 2008 3:24 am

Flooding receded and main highways reopened Tuesday in South Texas after a deluge of up to 13 inches. The drenching weather shifted to the northern end of the state and Oklahoma.

 

Texas lieutenant governor mum on wealth

Aug 20, 2008 2:49 am

He is said to be the richest man in Texas politics. But voters might have a hard time figuring that out from the information that Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst has disclosed to the state ethics commission.

 

Girl from polygamist group ordered into state care

Aug 20, 2008 2:47 am

A 14-year-old girl who officials say was married to polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs with her parents' blessing at age 12 was ordered back into foster care Tuesday by a Texas judge.

 

Immigrant 'sanctuary city' idea under scrutiny

Aug 20, 2008 2:26 am

Signaling a revival of the illegal immigration debate in the 2009 legislative session, two Republican state lawmakers have asked Attorney General Greg Abbott to weigh in on a thorny subject: "san...

 

As rain falls, Governor's Mansion still missing roof

Aug 20, 2008 2:23 am

As rains drenched Austin on Tuesday, questions arose about whether a months-long project to install a temporary roof on the fire-gutted Texas Governor's Mansion is moving quickly enough.

 

Texas officials seek custody of polygamist's kids

Aug 19, 2008 4:28 am

Attorneys for Texas child welfare authorities began presenting evidence Monday at a hearing on whether a girl allegedly given in marriage at age 12 to jailed polygamist leader Warren Jeffs should be p...

 

Flooding closes highway in Starr County

Aug 19, 2008 4:25 am

RIO GRANDE VALLEY

 

Move over, Gatorade: UT's mix joins league of sports drinks

Aug 19, 2008 1:10 am

Longhorn swimmers such as Brendan Hansen, Ian Crocker and Aaron Peirsol aren't the only products of the University of Texas making a splash at the Beijing Olympic Games.

 

10 years later, Fort Worth's cattle still driving

Aug 18, 2008 2:44 am

Twice a day a few miles from downtown, about 15 Texas longhorns mosey down the street, hooves clicking on the brick and heads bobbing under the weight of horns spanning nearly 7 feet tip-to-tip.

 
 

Local Headlines for Austin Texas from Statesman.com

Trial begins in firefighter death; typhus has been here before.

Aug 20, 2008 5:32 am

HAYS COUNTY

 

Schools: Bastrop High teacher wins region award; Round Rock, Hays bus stops cut

Aug 20, 2008 5:22 am

BASTROP

 

Texas Tech University, Health Sciences Center coming to Taylor

Aug 20, 2008 2:51 am

TAYLOR — Texas Tech University and Texas Tech Health Sciences Center have signed on to become academic partners at the East Williamson County Higher Education Center outside Taylor.

 

Immigrant 'sanctuary city' idea under scrutiny

Aug 20, 2008 2:26 am

Signaling a revival of the illegal immigration debate in the 2009 legislative session, two Republican state lawmakers have asked Attorney General Greg Abbott to weigh in on a thorny subject: "san...

 

Firefighters challenge drug-testing proposal

Aug 20, 2008 1:56 am

Austin fire union officials have challenged a proposal that would require firefighters to be randomly drug tested, saying they want to know what prompted the possible policy because the city already h...

 

Armstrong tops list of city's largest water users

Aug 19, 2008 6:11 am

Every minute, about five gallons of water passed through the sinks, sprinklers, fountain and pool at Lance Armstrong's house in June, making the retired professional cyclist Austin's biggest water-usi...

 

New Texas alert program aims to find those who harm officers

Aug 19, 2008 4:27 am

Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Monday announced the creation of a system that would broadcast descriptions of people suspected of injuring or killing law enforcement officers to the media and on electronic ...

 

Bonds could pay for Williamson roadwork

Aug 19, 2008 4:19 am

A two-lane road crucial to Williamson County's budding higher-education hub could get the expansion that officials say is needed if commissioners agree today to call a bond referendum for two newly cr...

 

PEC reveals more details about secret account

Aug 19, 2008 3:41 am

The Pedernales Electric Cooperative continued its efforts to rehabilitate its tattered image Monday, gaining legal control of and releasing new details about a previously undisclosed bank account. It ...

 

Some tips for your 12-year-old designated driver

Aug 19, 2008 2:24 am

In some ways it was good parenting last week when police said a mother in Longview got her 12-year-old daughter to drive her to a bar so Mom could celebrate her birthday.

 
 

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