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February 23, 2018

Harvey recovery going slow in Texas

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — After Hurricane Harvey hammered Texas, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott pledged that his state would lead its own recovery, streamlining federal aid while avoiding the inefficiencies of earlier Washington-controlled disaster responses.

But an Associated Press analysis shows that, rather than becoming a new disaster recovery model, Texas' efforts almost six months in often have been the opposite. They've actually been slow to unfold and tangled with bureaucracy.


 
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