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2017 5/22/2017 Swiss specialty chemicals maker Clariant and The Woodlands, Texas-based Huntsman Corp. said they are merging in order to create a company with a market value of $13.8 billion through an all-stock transaction.
2017 5/28/2017 Hundreds of protesters opposing the state's tough new law against sanctuary cities staged a raucous demonstration from the public gallery in the Texas State House, prompting lawmakers below to scuffle.
2017 6/22/2017 Tropical storm Cindy moved inland near the Louisiana-Texas border, bringing heavy rainfall and life-threatening conditions over the northern Gulf Coast.
2017 6/30/2017 The Texas Supreme Court ruled that gay spouses may not be entitled to government-subsidized workplace benefits.
2017 7/23/2017 In Texas eight people were found dead after emergency crews pulled dozens of smuggled migrants from a sweltering tractor-trailer found parked outside a Walmart in the midsummer heat. A ninth victim died at the hospital.
2017 8/28/2017 A second person was killed as Harvey, the most powerful storm to hit Texas in more than 50 years, roared inland, knocking out power to more than 230,000 people and bringing catastrophic flooding.
2017 8/28/2017 In Texas federal engineers released water from Houston area reservoirs in hopes of controlling rushing currents as Tropical Storm Harvey continued to dump more rain on the city. Local officials reported 10 deaths possibly related to the storm.
2017 8/29/2017 Texas officials said Houston reservoirs that have contained heavy rains from Tropical Storm Harvey are starting to overflow, forcing authorities to release more water into the city's swollen drainage system to alleviate pressure on two local dams.
2017 8/30/2017 In Texas a federal judge temporarily blocked most of the state's tough new "sanctuary cities" law that would have allowed police to inquire about people's immigration status during routine interactions and traffic stops. The law was to take effect on September 1.
2017 8/30/2017 Tropical Storm Harvey finally moved eastward, and bore down on eastern Texas and Louisiana, after bringing the catastrophic downpours that paralyzed the U.S. energy hub of Houston, with record rainfall and drove tens of thousands of people from their homes.
2017 8/31/2017 A federal judge in Austin blocked Texas from banning a common second trimester abortion procedure.
2017 8/31/2017 A Houston-area chemical plant that lost power after Harvey engulfed the area in floods was rocked by fires and two explosions.
2017 8/31/2017 The remnants of Tropical Storm Harvey drenched northern Louisiana as it moved inland. Rescuers searched homes around Houston and in the hard-hit southeastern coast for more survivors and victims as the storm killed at least 35 people.
2017 9/1/2017 Rescuers searched painstakingly through flooded neighborhoods across the southeast for people stranded by Hurricane Harvey's deluge, as President Donald Trump asked Congress for $7.85 billion in federal disaster relief. Fifty people were feared dead from flooding that paralyzed Houston.
2017 9/2/2017 U.S. President Donald Trump returned to Texas for a second time and visited with some of the victims of Hurricane Harvey. At least 44 deaths were blamed on the storm that damaged at least 156,000 dwellings in Harris County.
2017 9/3/2017 Texas Governor Greg Abbott said damage from Hurricane Harvey would exceed that of epic hurricanes Katrina or Sandy, likely reaching $150 billion to $180 billion.
2017 9/4/2017 Officials said the confirmed death toll in southern Texas from Hurricane Harvey rose to at least 60, across 11 counties. The death toll was soon raised to at least 70 with some 200,000 homes destroyed or damaged.