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The Texas State Railroad is well-known today as an attraction for families but it certainly didn’t start that way.
The Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the state's massive oil and gas industry, and its elected, three-member board has been entirely Republican for at least 25 years.
The Texas State Railroad later issued a press release which said at 2:35 p.m., the excursion run derailed on the return journey from Rusk to Palestine. They said all passengers were safely deboarded ...
Race for Texas Railroad Commission heats up Republican Jim Wright has an edge in the polls, but Democrat Chrysta Castañeda has a $2.6 million donation from Michael Bloomberg in the regulatory race.
The Railroad Commission, which oversees the state's oil and gas industry, took more than 10 hours of testimony about whether the agency should lower production as the coronavirus lowers demand.
The Railroad Commission of Texas regulates the state's massive oil and gas industry, and its elected, three-member board has been entirely Republican for at least 25 years.
There, the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) will hear arguments in favor of and against limiting the state’s oil production via its statutory power of prorationing.
When the Texas oil industry took off in the early 1900s, state lawmakers saw a lot of similarities between the regulation of railroad and of pipelines.
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A state district judge said the Texas Railroad Commission cannot enforce new orders relaxing certain regulations until a legal challenge is resolved.
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