Half-staff flags in Texas? Here's the trailblazing woman being honored.
Texas' governor ordered flags lowered to honor Keeton, who was Austin's first woman mayor and Texas' first woman comptroller.
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Local residents oppose plans for 26.9-mile rock-hauling railroad in Texas
An aggregates company’s proposal to build a 26.9-mile rail line to haul rock from four Texas quarries has run into local opposition. Texas Materials Group has asked the Surface Transportation Board to ...
Carole Keeton, trailblazing Texas politician and state's first woman comptroller, dies
Carole Keeton, the first woman elected mayor in Austin and the first woman to be Texas comptroller, died this week. She was ...
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Texas Senate passes bill to fund safer railroad crossings after Houston ISD student’s death
Senate Bill 1555, co-authored by a Houston Democrat and East Texas Republican, would create a $350 million grant program to fund grade separation projects at the intersections of railroads and ...
New Senate-approved $350M grant could help separate trains from Houston roads
The Texas Senate approved a $350M TXDoT grant program that could help separate railroads from Texas roadways after HISD ...