A Gas Pipeline to Italy? Five Star Backers Sense a Betrayal --
Controversy over a 545-mile, $5.2 billion pipeline to bring gas from the Caspian Sea to Italy includes failed attempts to stop it
Tepco halts sales of souvenirs from Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant following public outcry
Texas Tech designs apparel for oil industry women -- Apparel designer Su-Jeong Hwang Shin
used advanced 3D software and revised the size charts
Democratic socialism, explained by a democratic socialist -- "I’m a staff writer at the socialist magazine Jacobin and a member of DSA, and here’s the truth: In the long run, democratic socialists want to end capitalism. And we want to do that by pursuing a reform agenda today in an effort to revive a politics focused on class hierarchy and inequality in the United States."
Environmental advocate Tom Steyer wants to remake the Democratic Party -- He's spending millions, with $110 million to work on the impeachment of President Trump, through his NetGen America, formerly NextGen Climate, putting him on a
collision course with party leaders
Renaming Austin -- American Statesman columnist Ken Herman
suggests new names for the capital city. Like maybe South Round Rock. East West Lake Hills. Not Pfar Pfrom Pflugerville. Gentrytown. Austown. Dell Valley. Trafficville. North Buda. Not Dallas. Lady Birdville. Austen, as in Jane. Or maybe Weirdsville.
Midterms likely to be most expensive ever as TV ads pass billion-dollar mark -- And that number
doesn't include money to come from the Koch Brothers and Michael Bloomberg
Report on Confederate monuments raises idea of renaming Austin -- Stephen F. Austin, the father of Texas, once opposed an attempt by Mexico to ban slavery in the province of Tejas so
it's now being suggested that his namesake city be renamed
The Port of Corpus Christi's application for a permit for a seawater desalination plant on Harbor Island is causing growing concern in nearby Port Aransas -- One person asked, "Why do we want a desalination plant that would produce 20 million gallons a day over on Harbor Island
where there's no industry?"
Texas Railroad Commission candidate boldly states that Railroad Commission has nothing to do with railroads --
Fact checkers scrutinize his statement and conclude that by golly its true
People are moving to San Antonio in droves, but Ft. Worth too -- Ft. Worth has now surpassed Indianapolis as the 15th largest city in the nation. And 3% of "domestic migrants" (what a phrase!),
identified in a new study, are moving to Houston. It's all about the business climate.
