Rice University political scientist Robert M. “Bob” Stein died Friday, July 18, at the age of 75.
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In 2006, Texas State Comptroller Carole Keeton Strayhorn set out to assess the impact undocumented Texans have on the state economy and found they contributed more to Texas than they cost the state. It was the last time Texas did such a study.
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A comptroller’s report found that deporting the estimated 1.4 million undocumented immigrants living in Texas in 2005 would have cost the state about $17.7 billion in gross domestic product.
Unsafe street conditions in Houston are not only resulting in fatalities and serious injuries among children, but they may also be contributing to kids’ physical and mental health problems, according to a Rice University study.
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Twenty-one children in Houston died while using active transportation modes such as walking and cycling between 2018-23, according to a recent study by Rice University's Baker Institute for Public Policy. The study authors noted that hazardous road conditions for children likely are contributing to a national trend in which kids have become considerably less active.
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