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Wealthy Texans have been heard to say that money is just a way of keeping score. Here's the scoreboard.

Whats Your Point? COVID relief dollars not reaching Texas schools Houstons Sunday morning political debate show! The WYP panel talks about Gov. Abbott holding onto almost $19 billion in relief money that Congress earmarked for Texas public education. HOUSTON - In a scathing letter to U.S. Secretary of Education, Miguel Cardona and every Democratic congressional member from the state of Texas accused Governor Greg Abbott of hoarding nearly $18 billion federal covid relief dollars specifically e...

When newlywed Bernice Leonard arrived in Corpus Christi in 1940 for her husbands new job, she had no idea that her life would soon include a large number of children. Within two years she was the director of the first licensed day care in the city. Carlyle Leonard accepted the position of the manager of the new D.N. Leathers Housing Center, and Bernice began assisting her husband by helping conduct home visits to see which families would be eligible to move in. What she discovered was a rampan...

H-E-B owners ranked high among richest U.S. families Ciara Rouege Replay Video UP NEXT Its no surprise the family behind one of the most popular grocery stores in Texas is among the most wealthy in the nation. Forbes has ranked the Butt family, which owns the H-E-B grocery store chain, the 11th wealthiest family in the United States in 2020. The Butt family fortune is estimated at $17.8 billion, and according to the magazine, trended upward last year. Below them are other afflu...

Forbes has ranked the Butt family, which owns the H-E-B grocery store chain, the 11th wealthiest family in the United States in 2020.