Texas Toll Roads Spark Tax Hike Debate
The Texas Transportation Commission approved tolls on new and expanded highways to fund road work and other projects, drawing criticism for creating a de facto tax increase. Officials plan to convert more highways to turnpikes, with funds diverted beyond maintenance. The process raised concerns about transparency and public input under state policy.
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Rick Perry
Texas
Carole Keeton Strayham
Texas Transportation Commission
The
Austin American-Statesman
Transportation Commission
Austin American Statesman
Texas Public Information Act
Commission
Greg Abbott
Austin
Lone Star
Abbott
Texas Department of Transportation
Baytown Sun Editorial Board Seeks Community Input
The Baytown Sun invites letters up to 306 words and guest columns up to 500 words on public interest topics. Submissions must be original, signed, include author contact details, and may be edited or refused.
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Baytown Sun
David Bloom
Wanda Garner Cash
Joseph Lohan
Dee Anne Navarre
Jim Finley
Sun
Jane Howard Lee
the Sun
P.O
Baytown
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Civic association thanks ExxonMobil for award
West Baytown Civic Association receives Refiner of the Year honors with ExxonMobil support noted. The message credits volunteers, founders, and neighbors while thanking The Baytown Sun for coverage and urging organ donor charity LifeSharers.
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Civic Association
ExxonMobil
West Baytown
Warren Cold
Baytown
Baytown Sun
Fred Aguilar
West
Spirit of Giving Shines Beyond Christmas Lights
In reply to Judy Lindsey, Baytown business owner Sammy Mahan and a group of local merchants are praised for year round charity. They fund utilities, car repairs, medical bills, food, essentials, and Christmas gifts for neighbors in need, proving generosity extends beyond holiday displays.
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Judy Lindsey
Sammy Mahan
William and Pruett
Sammy
Baytown
Texas
Sammont
Chri
Organ donors and life saving gifts highlighted
The piece praises living organ donors such as Amy Weaver and contrasts their generosity with the reluctance many Americans show toward organ donation after death. It notes that thousands remain unrevealed in organ exchanges and hints at broad public attitudes.
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Amy Weaver
Year Ends With History Highlights From 2003
On December 30 2003 the calendar marks a final year day with recalls of a Chicago Iroquois Theater fire tragedy in 1903 the Hayes marriage in 1852 Gadsden Purchase 1853 and events through 1948 Broadway Kiss Me Kate opening and 1978 Woody Hayes firing plus 1998 Vatican Israel accord and Swifty Lazar death in Beverly Hills.
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Chicago
Rutherford B. Hayes
Lucy Ware Webb
Cincinnati
United States
Mexico
Gadsden Purchase
Sun Yat-sen
Republic of China
Vladimir I. Lenin
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
United Auto Workers Union
Fisher Body
Flint
Mich
California
Los Angeles
Pasadena
George II
Greece
Kate
North Vietnam
Ohio State University
Woody Hayes
Hayes
Clemson University
Charlie Bauman
Bauman
Ohio
Israel
Vatican
Hollywood
Irving “Swifty” Lazar
Beverly Hills
Calif
Baytown and Surrounding District Officials Contact List
Local government and school board contact details for Baytown Goose Creek Mont Belvieu Anahuac and Barbers Hill areas. Includes city hall addresses phone numbers council members trustees and regents with term lengths and meeting schedules.
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Market St. Baytown
Texas
Gary Jackson
Pete Alfaro
Mercedes Renteriail
Scott Sheley
Calvin Mundinger
Don Murray
Ronnie Anderson
Coleman Godwin
City Hall
Goose Creek Administration
Interstate
SO East
P.Q. Box
Baytown
Barbara Sultis
Steve Fischer
Barbers Hill
P.O. Box
Mont Belvieu
Tim Sonnenberg
S. Whiting Baytown
Martha Ellis
Board of Regents
Bill Blake
Keith Coburn
Don Coffey
Wayne Gray
Susan Moore-Fontenot
Ronald Haddox
Mark Hall
Mark Himsel
Jess D. Navarre
Tucker Hall
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LifeSharers
Lifesharers.com
David 5
LifeSharers Nashville
Cedar Bayou Baptist Church
Love In the Name of Christ
Goose Creek
Exxon Annuitants
Redeemer
Robert Buck
San Jacinto Mall
Kenneth Hockless
City of
Barbers Hill Isd
Anahuac
ISD
Linda Kay Barnhart
Board of Trustees
Clint Fancher
Gayle Peveto
Allen Herrington
Thomas E
Gene” Baker
Eddie Foster
Jessie D. “Dee” Leggett
Kendall J. Barrow
Lee College
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