Price on eggs rises due to chicken flu in Northeast
AP report from Austin cites Texans paying at least three cents more per dozen for eggs amid a deadly poultry virus in the Northeast. Texas officials, including Bill Powers of the Texas Poultry Federation, say there is no evidence of the disease in Texas and depopulation is the response to outbreaks in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
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Texas Animal Health Commission
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Holcombe
Republic Bank Center opens amid Houston office space glut
Houston debuts the 56 story Republic Bank Center as vacancy soars to 38.4 million square feet, led by a glut from early 1980s energy boom construction. The 1.2 million square foot building, 75 percent leased, houses RepublicBank Houston as prime tenant amid a cityscape competition among towers by Johnson and Burgee.
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Republic Bank Center
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Los Angeles
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Shanahan
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Republic Bank Corp
Texas
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Tenneco
Texas Commerce Bank
Texas Commerce
Allied Bank
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New York
Philip Johnson
John Burgee
Ronald Brown
White calls for broader citrus push to grow Texas economy
Gov. Mark White urged Valley Interfaith to expand marketing of Texas citrus nationwide and abroad to diversify beyond oil and gas. He pledged higher teacher salaries, farmworker workmen’s comp, and school-finance reform, and cited regional economic development plans advanced by local leaders to turn the Rio Grande Valley into a year-round economic hub with professional opportunities.
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Texas
Mark White
White
Valley Interfaith
Rio Grande Valley
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