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Lithium · TexasMajor oil companies are drilling in East Texas again, but not for oil. This time, they're after lithium for batteries and other rare elements. Chevron and Halliburton announced East Texas projects this summer. Exxon has acreage across the border in Arkansas. Smackover Lithium, a joint venture of a Norwegian oil giant and a Canadian miner, announced in late September the discovery of the most lithium-rich fluids ever reported in North America, me…See the Story
From Oil to Lithium: Texas's Next Energy Revolution
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Austin, Texas · AustinTexas workers have long struggled with wage theft by their employers—and the state’s willingness and ability to crack down on scofflaw employers has been relatively minimal. Now, rates of suspected wage theft are increasing, and the state labor law enforcement system is straining to keep up. Last year, state investigators faced the highest number of paycheck complaints in nine years and a prior internal audit noted that it typically took months…See the Story
Texas Can’t Keep Up with Surge in Workers’ Wage Theft Complaints
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