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How plunging oil prices are reversing fortunes across Texas. Read all the stories in this series. MIDLAND — Thousands have been laid off. Tax collections are plummeting. Many are on the brink of homelessness.   Rows of drilling rigs and white company trucks sit idle — there’s no telling for how long. And, yet, amid the worst oil bust in decades, the energy capital of West Texas hasn ’t slowed down much. Several oil companies have recently built  office complexes in the area, and drilling continues , albeit at a more sluggish pace. The city plans to build a new convention center, and construction of a municipal courthouse is underway. Several more hotels, apartment complexes and eateries are expected to open   this year, and a second H-E-B grocery store just came online . "For hire" signs are ample, road crews prolific . And people still complain about the traffic. “People from the outside come in expecting to see boarded-up windows, 'for sale' signs everywhere,...

US Concrete Inc (NASDAQ:USCR) Q2 2017 Earnings Conference Call August 08, 2017 10:00 AM ET Executives Kevin Kohutek - Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer Bill Sandbrook - President and Chief Executive Officer Analysts Trey Grooms - Stephens Inc Adam Thalhimer - Thompson, Davis Scott Schrier - Citi Craig Bibb - CJS Securities Stanley Elliott - Stifel Nicolaus Roresa Mojo - D.A. Davidson Operator Good day, ladies and gentlemen, and welcome to the U.S. Concrete, Inc. Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call . [ Operator Instructions ] I would now like to introduce your host for today's conference, Kevin Kohutek, Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer . You may begin. Kevin Kohutek Thank you, Israh. Good morning, and welcome to U.S. Concrete's Second Quarter 2017 Earnings Conference Call . Joining me on the call today is Bill Sandbrook, our President and Chief Executive Officer . Bill and I will make some prepared remarks, after which we will open the call to your ...

Growing up, Cody Clapp never wanted to be the classic astronaut or monster truck driver . Clapp’s go-to answer was a cardio-thoracic surgeon. Now he could be on his way as a third- year medical student at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine at the Permian Basin. Clapp, of Dennison, is one of a class of 21 welcomed to the Permian Basin during a July Odessa Chamber of Commerce reception. The Odessa American also spoke to his peers Elsa Parra from San Antonio, Victoria Phan of Dallas and David Stamps of Phoenix. “I was kind of a weird kid,” Clapp said. “I had a severe illness when I was 9. I was hospitalized for a month. Just interacting with doctors in the health care system there it just confirmed that was exactly what I wanted to do.” Clapp said he had a severe case of pneumonia that progressed into empyema. The Healthline website said empyema is a condition where “pus gathers in the area between the lungs and the inner surface of the chest wall.” He wa...