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East Texas chicken magnate Bo Pilgrim wants a state permit to build a bigger chicken slaughterhouse and waste disposal facility -- right across the creek from Sen. Bill Ratliff's in-laws' vacation home.

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In this week’s issue, a closer look at what the reopening of Texas entails

Local entrepreneurs turn one company’s trash into another’s cash

The new Texas LGBT Chambers of Commerce will represent Austin, Greater Houston, North Texas, and San Antonio

Big books give heft to big success stories about women in business, Flatbed Press, UT’s collections, Pan Am, and the Spurs

Austin's "bathroom bill" aims to protect rather than demonize trans residents

Celebrities dish up their New Year's resolutions

A lack of democracy turns education 'reform' into an unfunny joke

When it comes to sharing the wealth, Texas has its priorities top-down

'Virtual' or 'Pilot' – Lege begins the biennial campaign to siphon money from public schools

In the new Texas arithmetic, nothing for nothing leaves nothing

As Perry's session goes down to defeat, the rest of Texas celebrates a victory

Three Central Texas traditions continue to make fun a destination.

Why Austin's most revered restaurant, Fonda San Miguel, is still in business against all odds.

San Antonio Express-News pays its editor an amount "in the millions"to hire new reporters, open new bureaus, and try to improve its notoriously mediocre coverage.

Cities could be sued over progressive employment laws

Tim League on doing business in Texas and upgrading FF's home viewing experience

Appreciating the artistry in steel – and smoked meats – is part of their business model

A business model built on public subsidies shouldn’t have its hand out

The Texas Legislature wants to fix school finance, but how?

Tenant and landlord offer different accounts on negotiations

The Texas record on "enterprise funds" is even worse than meets the eye

Lite guv wants another run as senate president

SST Records' Greg Ginn jams econo in Taylor, Texas

As the Texas and national film industry feels the burn of runaway production, many agree with one directive: Blame Canada.

Earlier this spring, University of Texas Press began publishing a series of books about politics in Texas. Because the editors of the series, which is spearheaded by Don Carleton, the director of UT's Center for American History, understand that it's more interesting to read about underdogs than the ruling class, all three books in the series are about Texas liberals. Here's a brief overview of the series.

Longtime Texas Monthly editor Gregory Curtis calls it quits; deputy editor Evan Smith will succeed him. Louis Dubose, editor of the Texas Observer for 13 years, announces he will retire.

Kids working for parent’s business