Many Texans Bereaved Over 'Dead' Voter Purge
Quite a few Texas voters are seeing dead people in the mirror these days when they go to brush their teeth in the morning.In Houston, high school nurse Terry Collins got a letter informing her that...
View ArticleSmoke Cleared, Texas Gun Owners Remain Wary
Texas state Rep. Wayne Christian was born two blocks from where he now lives in what is called Deep East Texas."We were not wealthy people, [we were] common laborers, but that was typical in rural East...
View ArticleAmerican Airlines Fliers Fed Up As Labor Clash Rages
Pat Henneberry is an airline's dream customer. She flies all week, every week, and buying an $800 ticket so that she can have full flexibility is standard operating procedure. She's an American...
View ArticleGOP Governors Assess Future Of Republican Party
The Republican Governor's Association is meeting this week in Las Vegas. Republicans lost seats in the House, Senate and the presidential race. But the GOP gained one more state, North Carolina, to put...
View ArticleTeenager's Faith At Odds With Locator Tags In School IDs
A federal court in Texas on Monday will take up the case of a high-school student who refuses to wear her location-tracking school ID.The 15-year-old sophomore says the ID badge, which has an embedded...
View ArticleTea Party Texan Cruz Gives GOP Hope In Hunt For Hispanic Votes
Sen.-elect Ted Cruz of Texas is a bright young Hispanic star who will be sworn in this week in Washington. The Republican Party nationally hopes Cruz will be part of the solution to its growing problem...
View ArticleAnother George Bush Plans To Try His Hand At Politics
Another member of the Bush family is throwing his hat into the political ring: George Prescott Bush, 36, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, has announced he is running for office in Texas.The...
View ArticleTexas Court Of Inquiry To Decide If Prosecutor Lied
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: In Texas, a court of inquiry has been convened to consider prosecuting a Texas judge. He's Ken Anderson. He used to be the district attorney in Williamson County, Texas,...
View ArticleTexas Study Points To A Longer Natural Gas Boom
There are few things in life more joyful than discovering a giant oil or natural gas field in Texas. You're suddenly rich beyond your wildest dreams. When the scope and size of the natural gas...
View ArticleTexas Contractors Say Playing By The Rules Doesn't Pay
This story is part of a two-part series about the construction industry in Texas. Find the first part here.Homes in Texas are cheap — at least compared with much of the country.
View ArticleOfficials Seek Answers In Aftermath Of Deadly Explosion
With the house-to-house search over and the living and dead largely accounted for, the town of West, Texas, began the transition from shock and disbelief to communal grieving.On Friday night, mourners...
View ArticleVolunteers Help Residents Clear Explosion Debris In Texas
Transcript RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: President Obama travels to another memorial today, this one in the Texas town of West. It is to remember those killed last week when a fertilizer plant exploded there....
View ArticleThousands Attend Memorial For Plant Explosion Victims
President Obama visited Waco, Texas, on Thursday day to take part in a memorial for those killed in the fertilizer plant explosion in West, Texas, last week.
View ArticleMourners Pack Arena To Honor Victims Of Texas Explosion
Transcript STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: It's MORNING EDITION from NPR News. I'm Steve Inskeep.RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: And I'm Renee Montagne.Nearly 10,000 mourners gathered last night to honor the men who died...
View ArticleAt NRA Convention, Dueling Narratives Displayed With Guns
The National Rifle Association is holding its annual convention in Houston this weekend. More than 70,000 people are expected to attend for speeches and demos and acres of guns, ammo and camo.The NRA...
View ArticleOkla. Tornado Survivors Try To Collect Lives After Storm
Transcript ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: In Moore, for the many people whose homes were destroyed, the top priorities are finding a place to stay, some clothes to wear, and food to eat. NPR's Wade Goodwyn has...
View ArticleHealth Officials Decry Texas' Snubbing Of Medicaid Billions
The state of Texas is turning down billions of federal dollars that would have paid for health care coverage for 1.5 million poor Texans.By refusing to participate in Medicaid expansion, which is part...
View ArticleTexas Pit Masters Bask In Moment Of Barbecue Glory
It's not even noon yet but every table out front of the Pecan Lodge in downtown Dallas is filled with veterans with barbecue heaped on their plates, smirking at the gobsmacked newbies. First timers are...
View ArticleFeds Sue To Block Proposed Airline Merger
Transcript DAVID GREENE, HOST: And let's hear now about a proposed airline merger. In a surprise move, the Justice Department announced yesterday that it will try to stop American Airlines and U.S....
View Article97-Year-Old Birder Has No Intention Of Slowing Down
At the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge in Texas is where 97-year-old Karl Haller has been counting birds for decades. Haller says he plans to keep going for as long as he can. He already has been...
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