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Newspaper
Baytown Sun
Location
Baytown, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 09, 2009
Page
8
A Texas unemployment tax boost will raise per employee yearly charges from 23.40 to 64.80 for about two thirds of Texas businesses. The Texas Workforce Commission announced the rate increase on Tuesday, with the minimum tax affecting roughly 255,000 firms.
About 700,000 Texans receive unemployment benefits with the state-funded portion feeding the unemployment trust fund. The trust fund has been depleted by high jobless claims, prompting a $1 billion interest-free federal loan to keep it afloat. Texas now pays $68.6 million weekly in state unemployment benefits, up from $33.6 million last year.
People with mild hearing loss often delay using a hearing instrument, but studies show even mild loss can cause communication deficits. Early instrument use helps the auditory system adapt, stimulates nerve fibers, and may slow degeneration. At Texas Professional Hearing Center, Board Certified Audiologist care is offered at 2800 Garth Road Suite Q. Call 281-420-8033 for a hearing evaluation as society shifts away from stigma toward personal listening devices.
In Houston, federal appeals court says Anthony Leroy Pierce can appeal his sentence after long service on Texas death row. Pierce contends inadequate counsel and mental impairment void his execution, with the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to hear arguments on the credibility of a psychologist and on defense failures to investigate Pierce's alleged mental impairment and abuse in childhood.
Federal judge fixes February 7 2011 for Jamie Leigh Jones suit against Halliburton and KBR over alleged 2005 gang rape at Camp Hope Baghdad. Case stems from arbitration and was allowed to proceed after appeals ruling. Jones, a Texas woman, previously disclosed identity in media and on her site.
Texas A G Greg Abbott attended the juror questioning at the trial of Allan Keate a 57 year old member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints The case concerns sexual assault of a child tied to his alleged spiritual marriage to a 15 year old Keate could face life in prison and is the second FLDS member tried since authorities raided the group's ranch last year.
In Houston two window workers were rescued when their scaffold broke free about 10 stories up at Greenway Plaza on U.S. 59. The 50 mph wind caused the platform to sway and crack several windows until firefighters cut into a plate-glass pane and brought them to safety. They were secured in safety harnesses and not in imminent danger of falling.
Debbie Vogelsang told KPRC-TV she fears painting an old hydrant in city colors could cause danger during a fire. Brian Smith bought the surplus hydrant at a garage sale, painted it red, and placed it by his palm trees. Fire officials will remove the serial number and a reflecting marker indicating a real hydrant.
Courthouse notes show WEC’s 1999 waterborne education work on the Trinity River with 750 field labs and 18 000+ participants. Officials seek more hotel motel tax support to keep operations, staff salaries, and grants alive as Pudge Wilcox warns the center may close next year without funds. Council actions include appointments, Eagle Drive landscaping project, and a Click It or Ticket grant program.
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