Energy
January 21, 2013
Inside Texas’s New Radioactive Dump
The new dump for low-level radioactive waste in west Texas will help relieve an overburdened site in Utah, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.
Harold Simmons
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
American Crossroads PAC Rakes in Big Bucks from Rich Texans
Karl Rove's Super PAC netted $30.5 million—more than half of its total donations—from three Texan titans.
Politics & Policy
January 21, 2013
Harold Simmons Wants More Waste to Fill His Dump
If you build it, will they come dump their nuclear waste? Not necessarily, as Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons is learning.
Business
January 21, 2013
How Many of the “One Percent” Live in Texas?
Houston and Dallas are sixth and seventh, respectively, in a new survey charting where "ultra-high net worth individuals," or people worth at least $30 million, live.
Business
April 27, 2012
Texas Business Report: Amazon to Tax Texans
The giant of internet retail will start collecting taxes on Texas purchases in July, and has promised Comptroller Susan Combs it will make $200 million in capital investments in the state.
News & Politics
March 22, 2012
‘Wall Street Journal’ Snags Interview with Big Spender Harold Simmons
The press shy billionaire calls Karl Rove his "personal political muse" and reveals why he's bent on defeating President Barack Obama.
February 3, 2012
Win the Weekend: Was Willie’s Case Ever Settled?
Vince Young on Dancing with the Stars, Whole Foods ends rumors of a Monsanto buyout, and Harold Simmons will make it rain for Republicans.
Business
January 1, 1998
King Lear Jet
The feud between billionaire Harold Simmons and his daughters is worthy of Shakespeare.
