Texas as a World Trade Partner and Foreign Investment Leader
The piece notes Texas today hosts over 2 300 foreign companies with 65 billion invested, led by Canada France Germany and Australia as top foreign investors while Galveston remains a historic trade hub. It highlights the French legation in Austin as the only foreign diplomatic HQ in the U S, explains the Wends origin as Serbs and recalls 1893 governor Hogg cutting taxes to a record low for the South.
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Jack Maguire
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Brownsville
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France
Germany
Australia
Austin
United States
Washington
Japhet
Noah
James Stephen Hogg
Passage of 1998 farm act nears after House approval
The Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 moves toward final passage with the Conference Report awaiting the President's signature, guaranteeing five years of funding for the Federal Crop Insurance program and about 600 million dollars for agricultural research. Leaders Combest and Stenholm are praised for advancing producer interests as debates over immigrant food stamp provisions subsist.
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Shawn Wade
House of Representatives
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Larry Combest
Charles Stenholm
Combest
Stenholm
New Books Available at Kendrick Memorial Library
Lupe Serna, Li brarian, announces fresh titles at Kendrick Memorial Library 301 W Tate. New works include Dead Even by Brad Meltzer Flight of Eagles by Jack Higgins Predators by Harold Robbins Ghost Country by Sarah Paretsky and more from authors like Richard Price John Sandford Bernard Cornwell Kathleen Gear Andrew Greeley Lynn Morris Michael W. Gear Jonathan Rabb Anne McCaffrey Jacquelyn Mitchard.
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Lupe Serna
Kendrick Memorial Library
Brad Meltzer
Jack Higgins
Predators
Harold Robbins
Sarah Paretsky
Richard Price
John Sandford
Bernard Cornwell
Kathleen Gear
An Angel
Andrew Greeley
Lynn Morris
Michael W. Gear
Jonathan Rabb
Anne McCaffrey
Jacquelyn Mitchard
Letters to the Editor from The Brownfield News
A Brownsfield Texas letter page publishes reader perspectives on local issues. Citizens voice concerns about governance, community events, and regional matters, reflecting civic engagement in Brownfield and surrounding Terry County.
Combest Office Comments on Reform Act Passage
Washington D C comments on the Reform Act approval as the House passed the conference report S 1150 by 364 to 50. The Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998 would modernize programs, restore crop insurance, and fund rural development and nutrition. Smith, Stenholm, and Combest praise the bipartisan effort and note funding details and national impact.
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Larry Combest
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Charlie Stenholm
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Fund For Rural America
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Combest
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Permian Basin
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