by Tanya Basu | Jul 17, 2013 | Business & Tech
WASHINGTON – Austin businessman Chuck Fuller knows the price of asphalt, how far it is from the asphalt quarries to processing plants and construction sites and who his customers are. But the vice president of Austin-based Ramming Paving Co., an asphalt supplier for...
by Tanya Basu | Jul 16, 2013 | Politics
WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama hosted former President George H.W. Bush at the White House Monday to honor the winners of 5000th Daily Point of Light Award founded by the former president to highlight acts of volunteerism. “Thanks to those programs and others...
by Tanya Basu | Jul 11, 2013 | Environment
WASHINGTON – A House subcommittee approved a bill Wednesday designed to speed up the granting of permits for natural gas pipelines, paving the way for a possible boom in the natural gas industry, but coming amid questions over safety and health. “The legislation...
by Tanya Basu | Jul 3, 2013 | Topics
by Tanya Basu | Jul 2, 2013 | Business & Tech, Environment, Topics
WASHINGTON – In light of the recent sweltering heat waves in the west and floods in the Northeast, threatening weather and climate change are getting a renewed focus – one the Obama administration is hoping to use in making a case for drastic climate policy...
