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Dr. Funderburk: Texas Can't Afford For Border To Close; Rural Internet Needs To Improve

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey
Published April 15, 2019 at 6:00 AM CDT
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Dr. Dale Funderburk, Texas A&M-Commerce economics professor, says because 37 percent of Texas exports go to Mexico -- Canada is second at 9 percent -- the state cannot afford for the border to be closed in an effort to address the immigration situation.  We also discuss an article highlighting the need to develop better Internet services in rural areas of Texas.

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John Mark Dempsey
John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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