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How Voter Suppression and Gerrymandering by the Texas GOP Derails Environmental Justice

They say everything is bigger in Texas — and that includes the scale and brazenness of voter suppression efforts. The 2020 election saw record turnout in the Lone Star State, an 8% increase from 2016 overall and a 9% increase among nonwhite Texans. In a healthy democracy, such a substantial jump in voter participation — especially in a state plagued by notoriously low turnout — would have been cause for celebration.

But Texas Republicans only saw peril. Echoing former President Donald Trump and the national hysteria over elec ... Read more

SDI to build EAF steel mill in Sinton, Texas

Operating income from SDI’s metals recycling operations decreased to $11 million compared with $20 million in the sequential first quarter as a result of lower nonferrous shipments and ferrous prices.

Steelmaker Steel Dynamics Inc. (SD ... Read more

Taft resident reacts to water warning

TAFT, Texas — Taft city leaders sent a letter home to residents last week warning them that the amount of an organic compound in the community's tap water was over the acceptable limit.

The compound in question is trihalomethane and ac ... Read more

Steel Dynamics Mill Launches in Texas (Updated)

Steel Dynamics earlier this month held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for its new flat roll steel mill in Sinton, Tex., which is served by Union Pacific (UP) and BNSF.

The 1.2 million-square-foot facility is slated to create more than 590 new ... Read more

McLeod Cobb to Break Ground on $100 Million Mixed-Use Project Near Corpus Christi

Portland, Texas — McLeod Cobb Investments is set to break ground on Portland Town Center, a $100 million mixed-use development located in Portland, roughly 10 miles outside Corpus Christi. The project will include 200,000 square feet of retail space and 300 multifamily units. A 128,500-square-foot Target will anchor the retail portion of Portland Town Center, which will also include 17 pad sites. The 45-acre development site is located at the intersection of US Hwy. 181 and Broadway Boulevard, roughly three miles from the Port of Corpus Chris ... Read more

GCGV celebrates successful startup at massive community even

The successful startup of ExxonMobil and SABIC's Gulf Coast Growth Ventures (GCGV) world-scale manufacturing facility in Gregory, Texas, was celebrated on Wed., March 23 in grand fashion that matched the expansiveness of the facility itself.
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People Behind Your Power

New CEO Grebe Will Join

the Cooperative on January 3

Following a six-month executive search, Medina Electric Cooperative has hired a new CEO.

Herbert “Trey” Grebe III will begin January 3. Grebe has more tha ... Read more

Blitz Preview: Odem Owls

The Owls have an upper classmen-heavy team, but one largely lacking in starting experience.

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ODEM, Texas — The Odem Owls have developed into one of the most consistent program ... Read more