City suspends CenterPoint rate hike in Baytown
Baytown City Council has halted CenterPoint Energy rate increases for 90 days to review the application and coordinate with the Texas Coast Utilities Coalition. The plan includes a 13.5 percent electricity rise and an 11.3 percent gas request, with final action due by July 30.
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EPA to host San Jacinto River Waste Pits open house
The EPA and state and local officials will hold a Superfund open house Thursday at 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Martin L. Flukinger Community Center 16003 Lorenzo Street Channelview to update residents on remediation studies schedules and next steps for the San Jacinto River Waste Pits site.
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Barbers Hill ISD approves drug testing changes and staff adds
The BHISD board selected Forward Edge Testing Center as the district drug testing provider and expanded the substances screened. Per student tests rise by eight dollars annually totaling about eleven thousand dollars for 2015 2016. The policy covers all district students in grades seven through twelve in extracurriculars or parking permit applicants. The board also approved Enterprise Products Operating for tax credit eligibility under a 313 agreement, totaling about 2.4 million dollars, with seven equal annual refunds of 345079.55 each. Trustees approved new positions for 2015 2016 including bilingual aide life skills north elementary, ELA teacher at the high school, adaptive P E teacher, and a bilingual diagnostician. Under the Student Success Initiative fifth and eighth graders must pass the reading STAAR for automatic promotion, with math suspended this year. First reading results show 91 percent of fifth graders passed with 35 percent at advanced level and 91 percent of eighth graders passed with 31 percent advanced. makeups and tutoring are planned for those who did not pass.
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