Goose Creek backs 20,000 funding for school suit
Goose Creek ISD voted to spend 20,000 to support litigation challenging Texas school finance. The board notes many districts hit the 1.50 cap, relying on enrollment and property values for extra funds. One member opposed, citing prior plans to reform the system. Assistant superintendent Beverly Walker described new science benchmarks for K-2 and fifth graders.
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Baytown
Austin
Goose Creek
Texas
Clarence Albus
Beverly Walker
Surge from storm hits Barbers Hill Primary causing minor fire
A power surge likely from a lightning strike caused a small fire in Barbers Hill Primary School's mechanical room injuring nothing and prompting evacuation of 535 pre k to first graders. Firefighters doused remaining embers as smoke filled halls and alarms sounded. Students waited in the field house until cleared to return.
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Barbers Hill
Mont Belvieu
Kenny Baumbach
Baumbach
Trit
Hope
Wayne Rotan
Rotan
Mont Belvieu weighs doubling utility rates plan
Mont Belvieu considers doubling water and sewer rates to cover most city costs while current rates cover only 15 to 20 percent. City Manager Bryan Easum says rates would still undercut Baytown and funds from general reserves would bridge the gap as a council meeting continues.
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Mont Belvieu
Bryan Easum
Baytown
Basum
Mike Pomykal
State Comptroller’s Office
Comptroller’s
Easum
Comptroller
TSP appeals ruling denying purchase option for West Chambers County site
The appeal of a federal bankruptcy ruling denying TSP Development Inc. the option to buy the West Chambers County property for a proposed industrial waste dump was filed in federal court. The June 7 decision by Bankruptcy Judge Wesley W. Steen appeared to close the door on the Kingwood based partnership’s project.
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TSP Development Inc
West Chambers County
Federal District Court
U.S
Wesley W. Steen
Uncertain Overtime Law Sparks National and Local Debate
Baytown reports confusion over a new overtime pay law that takes effect Monday. Officials and labor leaders disagree on who will lose or gain overtime eligibility as estimates range from 107,000 to 6 million workers affected. The law sets overtime for hourly workers under 23 660 yearly while exempting many professionals including chefs and pharmacists.
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Baytown
Willyne Laughlin
Goose Creek
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