Regents raise tuition at BAYTOWN Lee College amid state cuts
Regents approved a tuition hike for in district students to 22 per credit hour and for out of district and non resident students to 45 and 61 per credit hour respectively. The increases take effect next fall and aim to raise about 600000 for fiscal year 2004.
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Keith Coburn
Coburn
Lee College
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San Jacinto Community College
Forces seize Saddam kin. raid seeks regime secrets
American troops capture Saddam Husseins half brother in a raid to extract information on the old Iraqi regime. FBI joins mission to recover stolen antiquities in Baghdad as grim signs rise in northern Iraq. Kurdish leaders point to vast unmarked graves near Kirkuk. US forces push to restore civilian services while preventing looting and violence. Defense Secretary Rumsfeld warns the war continues as Bechtel wins a large contract to repair Iraqs infrastructure. USS Constellation leaves for San Diego with warplanes aboard.
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FBI
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National Museum
Baghdad
Iraq
Saddam
Kirkuk
Mosul
Defense
Donald H. Rumsfeld
Pentagon
State Department
Bechtel Restoration of
San Francisco
City council studies new IDA to ease budget gaps
Baytown officials discuss a proposed seven year Industrial District Agreement with ExxonMobil as the model for 27 contracts across three districts. The plan would adjust tax payment rates over the term to aid long term budgeting while basing facility value for taxation and noting plant valuations at 2.4 billion dollars today versus 1.9 billion in 1994.
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Baytown
ExxonMobil
Humble
Texas Gulf Coast
Gary Jackson
Jackson
Gerlich Challenges Sheley for District 2 Council Seat
In Baytown District 2 the race centers on revitalizing downtown along Texas Avenue while both candidates address the city budget shortfall of four million dollars and sewage issues. Incumbent Scott Sheley seeks re election as Gil Gerlich, a retired ExxonMobil employee and local volunteer, mounts a challenge focusing budget needs and sewer repairs.
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Baytown
Texas Avenue
Scott Sheley
ExxonMobil
Gil Gerlich
Gerlich
Baytown Nature Center hailed as urban environmental model
Baytown officials and Interior Assistant Secretary Lynn Scarlet praised the 450 acre Baytown Nature Center as a successful blend of nature and urban industry. The visit highlighted collaborative environmentalism with grants from federal programs and $100,000 from Fish and Wildlife, plus earlier mitigations from Crosby’s superfund site, as local support and industry funding expand marsh work and community participation.
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Baytown
Department of Interior
Lynn Scarlet
Baytown Nature Center
Interior Administration
Scarlet
Houston
Ship Channel
U.S. Fish and Wildlife
French Ltd
Crosby
Ned of
Marsh
Scott Johnson
San Jacinto
Baytown Sur
Allyson Gonzalez Howard Hunt
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