Environmental advocates push feds to investigate Texas’ enforcement of water quality
The Environmental Protection Agency says an informal investigation is underway after more than two dozen environmental advocacy groups submitted a petition against the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. The petition alleges that state regulators are not doing enough to protect water quality in Texas, as is federally required.
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Texas has some of the worst dental health in the nation, according to new study
Dentists frequently tell their patients that oral health is overall health. Even so, Texas’s dental health ranks among the worst in the nation, according to a new study by personal-finance website WalletHub.
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Supporters of Moses Rose's Hideout rally against op-ed by San Antonio Report’s Bob Rivard
The war over Moses Rose's Hideout, the downtown bar whose property the city and state want to use for the $150 million Alamo Visitor's Center, has spread online. Supporters of the embattled business are voicing outrage on Facebook over a weekend editorial by Bob Rivard, founder of online news site the San Antonio Report, on the city's recent move to invoke eminent domain to force a sale. Rivard — a one-time executive editor at the Express-News — said he opposes the city's use of eminent domain "at this juncture," adding that the state and the city should make a final, good-faith offer to buy out Moses Rose's.
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San Antonio's economy projected to grow faster than most cities' in 2023, report says
Despite recession concerns, San Antonio's economy is projected to outperform that of most cities in 2023, according to a new forecast by a North Carolina-based think tank. Indeed, the report by the Kenan Institute of Private Enterprises predicts the Alamo City's economy will be among the 10 fastest-growing in the nation. SA's gross domestic product is projected to grow 1.4% this year, the fifth-highest expected urban economic growth rate in the nation.
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