Insurance fraud raises costs for households and programs
Insurance fraud costs Americans hundreds of dollars annually per household and raises prices for goods and services. Texas moves to strengthen enforcement with a new committee and a prosecutor in Dallas County, while industry estimates place total fraud costs at about 80 billion dollars yearly.
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Texas Department of Insurance
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
National Clearinghouse
Insurance Council of Texas
Texas
TDI
Dallas
Georgia
World Trade Center
New York City
Los Angeles
Insurance Information Institute
Fort Worth
Baytown Sun invites public letters and guest columns
The Baytown Sun editorial process invites letters up to 300 words and guest columns up to 500 words on any public interest item. Include a writer signature, home address and phone not for publication, photo for guest columns, and limit to one submission per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baytown Sun
the Sun
Wanda Garner Cash
David Boom
P.O. Box
Baytown
Sur News
Baytownsur
DeLay pressed on NASA funding amid voter anger in Texas
A Houston reader accuses Congressman Tom DeLay of skipping a Q and A at NASA events and failing to back funding for NASA and local schools. The letter denounces his absence from hearings and town halls while criticizing his district’s redistricting and support for the San Jacinto Rail project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom DeLay
NASA
DeLay
Texas
Congress
la Marque
Fundig
Clear Lake
San Jacinto
Bush
John R. Cobamuvias
Houston
Wal-Mart welfare debate and tax deals draw critique
In Baytown reader Mary mors argues against corporate welfare praising Wal-Mart’s planned Texas distribution center funded by an 80 million state spend. She questions tax abatements and reinvestment zones while sharing comments on animal care and humane society exemptions. Bobbie Jo Taylor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wal-Mart
Texas
The
Humane Society
Mary Mors
Bobbie Jo Taylor Baytown
Barbers Hill ISD Board and Administration Contact List
Barbers Hill ISD provides contact details for superintendent Tim Sonnenberg and board trustees with phone numbers. The document lists positions and names across Mont Belvieu Anahuac and Baytown campuses, including officers, regents, and meeting schedule noting Tucker Hall as the meeting location and the third Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barbers Hill
P.O. Box
Mont Belvieu
Texas
Tim Sonnenberg
Historic February 22 Highlights Through Time
On February 22 in various years notable events occurred. George Washington was born in 1732 at his Virginia Colony plantation. Florida was ceded to the United States in 1819. Calvin Coolidge broadcast from the White House in 1924. It Happened One Night opened in 1934. The Airplane over White House ban started in 1935. In 1973 US and China agreed to liaison offices. The 1980 US hockey team defeated the Soviet Union 4-3 at Lake Placid. In 1984 a Houston boy known as David died after bone marrow transplant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
George Washington
Virginia
Spain
Florida
Calvin Coolidge
White House
Clark Gable
Claudette Colbert
New York
Radio City Music Hall
China
U.S
Lake Placid
Houston
David
Baytown milestones span engineers politicians and library service
In 1941 top U S engineers visited Baytown to study the Baytown Tunnel. In 1976 Commissioner Jim Fonteno approved funds for a Sterling Municipal Library bookmobile. In 1991 Tony Palumbo proposed a teen court for Baytown. In 2001 Calvin Mundinger and Lawrence Wallace Jr filed for the May 5 City Council election with City Clerk Gary Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Baytown
Jim Fonteno
Sterling Municipal Library
Tony Palumbo
Calvin Mundinger
Lawrence Wallace Jr
Gary Smith
City Hall and Council Roster Details and Meeting Schedule
City Hall address and phone lines listed. City Manager and Mayor contact numbers provided. City Council members for districts 1 through 6 named with direct lines. Members serve two-year terms. Council meets on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at 6 30 p m at City Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Market St. Baytown
Texas
Gary Jackson
Pete Alfaro
Mercedes Renteriaid
Scott Shetey
Calvin Mundinger
Don Murray
Ronnie Anderson
Coleman Godwin
City Hall
Goose Creek CISD Board Of Trustees Members and Schedule
Goose Creek Administration lists seven district trustees Barbara Sultis Pheluria Bames Rosa Rodriguez Weston Cotten James Lewis Clarence Aious Jepp Busch Steve Fischer with three year terms Each district official provides a contact number and the board meets on the second and fourth Mondays at 6 30 p m in Baytown Texas
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Goose Creek Administration
Interstate
P.O. Box
Baytown
Texas
Barbara Sultis
Steve Fischer
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David Bloom
Wanda Gamer
Yun
BHS
Barbers Hill Isd
Anahuac
ISD
Linda Kay Barnhart
Board of Trustees
Clint Fancher
Gayle Peryeto
Alien Herrington
Thomas E
Gene” Baker
Eddie Foster
Jessie D. “Dee” Leggett
Kendall L. Barrow
Lee College
St. Whiting Baytown
Martha Ellis
Board of Regents
Bil Blake
Keith Coburn
Don Coffey
Wayne Gray
Susan Moore-Fontenot
Ronald Haddox
Mark Hall
Mark Himsel
Jess D. Navarre
Tucker Hall
City of
Goose Creek
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