Stories Around Texas for March 21, 2017

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Texas lawmakers are discussing a higher state minimum wage after almost 10 bills were filed in the House of Representatives surrounding the topic. Click Here to read the full story.

Hotel construction continues apace in the United States, and dozens of new properties are expected to open this year in two major corporate and tourist destinations, New York and Los Angeles. But the three other cities with the most hotels projected to open in 2017, according to the industry research company STR, are all in Texas — Dallas, Houston and Austin. Click Here to read the full story.

The State of Texas: 120 Texas Companies Want To Build Trump’s Border Wall. Click Here to read the full story.

More than 73,000 pounds of beef are being recalled over concerns about E. coli. H&B Packing Co., of Waco, said the beef was sold to food manufacturers across the state of Texas, but so far there have been no confirmed reports of illness. Click Here to read the full story.

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