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TAB Voter Guide
There are 12 House or Senate run-off elections, plus a run-off election for Railroad Commissioner. Take TAB's Voter Guide with you to the polls for Election Day on Tuesday, May 24. The primary winner will be on the General Election Ballot in November.
USA Today via El Paso Times
Two national polls released this weekend show that a likely general election contest between presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton would be a near dead heat.
A NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll Sunday showed Clinton's former double digit lead over Trump had narrowed to just three points, 46 percent to 43 percent, a margin that is within the poll's margin of error.
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Professional Builder
A new guide describes how builders can increase the structural and energy performance of a home with a raised-heel truss construction system. According to the publisher of the guide, APA — The Engineered Wood Association, building with raised-heel trusses results in savings for the builder and an energy-efficient, structurally superior residence for the homeowner. A raised-heel truss has a "heel" that extends up from the top of the wall and elevates the truss at the building's edges. In other respects, it is identical to a conventional truss.
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CNN
A former Republican senator who has resisted embracing Donald Trump said Monday that a possible vice presidential pick — Sen. Bob Corker — would put him in the presumptive nominee's camp.
Judd Gregg, a longtime Republican politician in New Hampshire, told CNN's Brooke Baldwin that Corker commands so much of his respect that he would not hesitate to back his party's nominee should the pair run on a ticket.
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The ACHR NEWS
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $14 million in funding for projects to significantly increase the efficiency of U.S. homes and buildings. These projects are designed to cut energy costs while leading to greater demand for new building products and technologies.
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The Dallas Morning News
After years of failed GOP efforts to repeal Obamacare, a top Texas Republican lawmaker is taking a new tack on health care: proposing an alternative.
Rep. Pete Sessions, R-Dallas, and Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., are behind a bill that they say would offer Americans a choice. Taking a page from the Donald Trump political playbook, they've given it a name oozing with confidence — "The World's Greatest Healthcare Plan Act of 2016."
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Texas Insider
President Obama on Monday fully lifted the United States' 41-year arms embargo against Vietnam.
"At this stage both sides have developed a level of trust and cooperation, including between our militaries, that is reflective of common interests and mutual respect," Obama said at a news conference in Hanoi.
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The Associated Press via The Dallas Morning News
Donald Trump on Friday slammed Hillary Clinton as "heartless" for backing restrictions on gun ownership that he said would leave Americans in high-crime areas unable to protect themselves. He also challenged Clinton to follow his lead and release a list of potential Supreme Court nominees.
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The Associated Press via Bloomberg
A textbook proposed to help teach the cultural history of Mexican-Americans in Texas public schools is under scrutiny by scholars, some of whom decry the effort as racist and not a reflection of serious academic study. The State Board of Education voted to include textbooks on Mexican-American studies after activists last year demanded the subject be formally included in state curriculum.
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Fort Worth Star Telegram
To Rep. Marc Veasey, D-Texas, the Voting Rights Act is personal.
A former African-American state lawmaker who was elected to Congress in 2012, Veasey was able to compete in a district newly drawn for minority representation in North Texas.
But since the Supreme Court struck down key provisions of the Voting Rights Act in 2013, Veasey has been concerned about its future. To urge Congress to rewrite and update the law, on Tuesday he's announcing that he's creating the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus.
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The Climate Group
American households spend around $230 billion each year on energy, not including transportation — and the residential sector accounts for 20 percent of the total energy consumed in the U.S.
With this in mind, it's clear to see that increasing a home's performance doesn't just benefit the climate. Compliance with strong building energy codes are one of the most fundamental, affordable and effective mechanisms for increasing the long-term efficiency of our buildings by requiring a minimum level of cost-effective and energy-efficient technologies.
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Professional Builder
Bamboo has multiple benefits, including seismic resiliency. Bamboo structures often fared better in earthquakes than buildings made from conventional construction material such as concrete.
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Austin American Statesman
Hoping to contain the fallout from conspiracy theorist Robert Morrow's surprise election as Travis County GOP chairman, local Republicans are moving to limit his power and form a nonprofit to hold the county party's money and control its social media accounts during his two-year tenure.
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Construction DIVE
The availability of lots has reached new lows, with 64 percent of builders reporting that lots in their regions were low or very low — the highest percentage since tracking began in 1997, according to a National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index survey.
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Builder Online
The 73 percent of homeowners without any source of backup power are families that builders and construction professionals can help. Many of these professionals are turning to propane, because of its distinct advantages compared with other standby fuel sources.
In areas where natural disasters have occurred, many builders have discovered the value of building and marketing more durable homes. Yet resilient building is about more than "sturdiness." A propane standby generator will give homeowners heating and cooling, lighting, refrigeration, and the other amenities their neighbors are without after the power is knocked out.
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