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Texas sees little change despite insurance gains

Ramit PlushnickMasti · August 9, 2014 2:31 pm

Heart Transplant patient Walt McGuire heads for the finish line in his 400 meter race at the Transplant Games of America Monday, July 14, 2014, in Houston. McGuire ran the race in 1:28.66 to come in sixth. The games are a biennial, multi-sport event for transplant survivors. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Transplant recipients compete in multi-sport games

Ramit PlushnickMasti · July 16, 2014 5:22 pm

Texas can give permits in whooping crane watershed

Ramit PlushnickMasti · June 30, 2014 11:59 pm

Texas lets bankrupt energy company set aside funds

Ramit PlushnickMasti · June 17, 2014 8:21 pm

Members of the Republican Governors Association, from left, Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal, Gov. Texas Gov. Rick Perry, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple and Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead, speak during a press conference about Environmental Protection Agency regulations on Monday, June 16, 2014, in Houston. The EPA recently released new rules designed to cut greenhouse gas emissions from existing coal-fired power plants. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Energy and Environment

GOP governors: EPA carbon dioxide rules job killer

Ramit PlushnickMasti · June 16, 2014 10:34 pm

Railroad tanker cars line alongside a Dow Chemicals plant in Freeport, Texas. The plan from Dow Chemical and the Nature Conservancy calls for growing thick groves of trees to capture pollutants downwind from a chemical plant. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Energy and Environment

Scientists explore using trees to clean pollution

Ramit PlushnickMasti · June 9, 2014 2:50 pm

High school senior graduates at Houston hospital

Ramit PlushnickMasti · May 31, 2014 8:31 pm

Workers at the Houston Museum of Natural Science work on an exhibit spotlighting the flag from the USS Texas in Houston. The 17-by-9 foot, 48-star flag flew over the battleship on D-Day, June 6, 1944, off the beaches at Normandy. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Flag from Battleship Texas flies again for D-Day

Ramit PlushnickMasti · May 23, 2014 1:31 pm

Heart patient Nhan Luong eats a heart healthy lunch of chicken fried rice, vegetables, fruit and dessert Thursday, May 1, 2014, at Houston's Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital. Menu changes are one way to care for an increasingly diverse population that hails from regions once not typical to the Houston area. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan)

Hospitals reach out to attract affluent immigrants

Ramit PlushnickMasti · May 16, 2014 11:26 am

FILE - This Jan. 14, 2012 file photo shows the luxury cruise ship Costa Concordia leaning on its starboard side after running aground on the tiny Tuscan island of Giglio, Italy. Cruise operators, like airline pilots, may be relying too heavily on electronics to navigate massive ships, losing the knowledge and ability needed to operate a vessel in the case of a power failure, an expert sea pilot told a federal agency on Wednesday, March 26, 2014 (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Captain: Cruise ships may over-rely on electronics

Ramit PlushnickMasti · March 26, 2014 10:33 pm

Houston bayou’s evolution into busy port ongoing

Ramit PlushnickMasti · March 26, 2014 3:29 am

Texas makes final push for insurance enrollment

Ramit PlushnickMasti · March 17, 2014 4:15 pm