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Google Maps' location tracking is regarded by some as a threat to users' privacy, with Dylan Tweney of VentureBeat writing in August 2014 that "Google is probably logging your location, step by step, via Google Maps", and linked users to Google's location history map, which "lets you see the path you've traced for any given day that your ...
Industry is a town in Austin County, Texas, United States, at the junction of State Highway 159 (SH 159) and Farm to Market Road 109 (FM 109). The population was 268 at the 2020 census. [ 4 ] Industry was the first permanent German settlement in Texas.
The cattle industry continued to thrive, though it gradually became less profitable. Cotton and lumber became major industries creating new economic booms in various regions. Railroad networks grew rapidly as did the port at Galveston as commerce expanded. The lumber industry quickly expanded and was Texas' largest industry prior to the 20th ...
Location of Texas. Texas is a state in the South Central region of the United States. The region's second-quarter 2018 gross state product was 8.6% of the GDP of the country at $1.755 trillion, with significant growth in mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction. [1]
FM 109 leaves New Ulm heading north and continues for 5.8 miles (9.3 km) to Industry. At this place, the highway intersects with SH 159, which goes east and west. From Industry, FM 109 heads north-northeast for 4.9 miles (7.9 km) until crossing FM 2502 near the community of Welcome. From this point, the highway heads to the northeast 8.3 miles ...
(The Center Square) – Job growth in the Texas oil and natural gas industry continues to remain strong, contributing to Texas again leading the U.S. in job growth last month. In October, the ...
Jim Hogg, Texas governor lived in Mineola and his daughter Ima Hogg was born in a house in this city. Bryan Hughes, member of the Texas House of Representatives and member of the Texas State Senate; Bobby Ray Inman, former deputy director of the CIA and nominee for secretary of defense of the United States [24] Adam Moore, professional baseball ...
Texas is one of only 7 states not to have a state income tax. [22] [23] The state sales tax rate, 6.25%, is above the national medium, with localities adding up to 2% (8.25% total). [24] Texas does have a "back to school" sales tax holiday once a year (generally around the first weekend in August) on clothing and footwear under $100. [25]