Use of toxic acid puts millions at risk

By Jim Morris and Chris Hamby

A 2009 explosion in Corpus Christ sheds light on danger of toxic acid cloud

Excerpts from this story referencing "Texas":

"… . On July 19, 2009, an explosion rocked an oil refinery in Corpus Christi, Texas, critically injuring a worker and spawning a fire that burned for more tha …"

"… und more than 1,000 violations, including nearly 600 at the BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, where 15 workers were killed and 180 injured in a 2005 explos …"

"… n 1,000 violations, including nearly 600 at the BP refinery in Texas City, Texas, where 15 workers were killed and 180 injured in a 2005 explosion. Althoug …"

"… on Agency are particularly chilling: An HF release from the BP refinery in Texas City, for example, could total 800,000 pounds, travel 25 miles and put 550 …"

'Undetected rapists' on campus: A troubling plague of repeat offenders

By Jennifer Peebles and Kristen Lombardi

A chilling case of sexual assault at Texas A&M

Excerpts from this story referencing "Texas":

"… he Center for Public Integrity, contributed to this story. …"

"… n Yarbrough was a young man seemingly on his way up: An economics major at Texas A&M University; a member of the university’s military cadet corps; a …"

"… det corps; a musician in the marching band; the pride of little Palestine, Texas; and soon to be an officer in the U.S. Air Force.But police say he was als …"

"… e.But police say he was also one other thing: A serial rapist.The one-time Texas A&M senior is now sitting in a Texas prison until at least 2015 for fe …"

Homeland Security’s billion-dollar bet on better communications

By Sarah Laskow

Interoperability money aids Motorola and other contractors, but are first responders better off?

Excerpts from this story referencing "Texas":

"… chair of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Texas), now chair of that panel’s emergency communications subcommittee. Presi …"

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Assessing RNC police tactics, part I

By G.W. Schulz

Intelligence-led policing played a starring role in 2008's Republican National Convention, and eight political activists stand accused of co

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"… ed protests grew — the FBI directed additional informants as far away as Texas to spy on those heading to St. Paul for the RNC. Documents show that confi …"

Assessing RNC police tactics, part II

By G.W. Schulz

In the second part of a two-part story, CIR looks at several of the cases flagged by intelligence-led policing during the 2008 Republican Na

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"… I’s Domestic Terrorism Squad that a trailer rented by demonstrators from Texas contained 35 shields fashioned out of highway barrels that they planned to …"

Fear and fortune

By G.W. Schulz

Sept. 11 hastened a booming homeland security industry. One southern California company still struggled to get ahead.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Texas":

"… 006. Today he lives in Michigan and is the government sales executive of a Texas-based company with a slightly different name: Mobile Specialty Vehicles. A …"

"… cords show Mattman Global recently won a contract from Fort Bend County in Texas to deliver a $112,000 communications trailer.The California Emergency Mana …"

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Money to high speed rail could create conflicts with other transpo projects

By Matthew Lewis

The emergent high speed rail lobby, which we highlighted in a story today as part of our Transportation Lobby project, may be approaching it

Excerpts from this story referencing "Texas":

"… Eight billion dollars in the stimulus is not going to go very far,” said Texas Democratic congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson at last month’s U.S. High …"

Show me the oversight

By Matthew Lewis

It must be the month of the watchdog in Missouri. GOP gubernatorial candidate Kenny Hulshof pledged last week to create a nonpartisan state

Excerpts from this story referencing "Texas":

"… ntatives floated the idea in 2007, and this past summer a state senator in Texas proposed a centralized IG office. Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican, …"

"… his past summer a state senator in Texas proposed a centralized IG office. Texas Governor Rick Perry, a Republican, initially expressed support for that mo …"

$163 million spent on oil pollution research — with no coordination

By Laurel Adams

Interagency committee to coordinate oil pollution research - didn't

Excerpts from this story referencing "Texas":

"… te with outside partners. Four states—Alaska, California, Louisiana, and Texas—have their own oil pollution research programs, but two of the programs …"

Democrats desperately seek their own Rove

By Peter H. Stone

For chastened Democrats, ‘a lesson and a beating’; Republicans hone tactics that brought in secretive millions last year...

Excerpts from this story referencing "Texas":

"… Mississippi together raised almost $1 million in 2010. One notable donor, Texas-based financier Jamal Daniel, wrote a $100,000 check to Barbour’s Georgi …"

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