State View on Texas Water Crisis and Proposals
A Dallas Morning News opinion warns that Texas water remains fragile despite Prop 6. State Comptroller Susan Combs urges more grants, conservation, efficiency, and brackish groundwater desalination research to spur innovation. Lt Gov Dewhurst is asked to study these ideas ahead of next year’s session, as Texas must prove its water policy supports economic growth.
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Texas
Susan Combs
Combs
David Dewhurst
Senate Natural Resources Committee
Illinois
Pat Quinn
Letter to Congressman Poe Calls for Military Parity and Oversight
Baytown reader Frank Ward urges Rep Poe to prioritize battlefield parity for U S troops in Afghanistan and questions further aid while highlighting a FEMA HUD disaster recovery scandal in Harris County. He also accuses Congress of wasteful oversight failures and says Poe no longer represents Baytown.
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Congress
U.S
Afghanistan
America
FEMA
Hodgkin
Harris County
HUD
Rep. Poe
Baytown
Frank Ward
Today in History for January 26 highlights events and births
On this date in 1802 Congress created the Librarian of Congress post. Michigan joined the union in 1837 as the 26th state. The Indian Constitution took effect in 1950 marking India's republic. Clinton denied an extramarital affair in 1998. Condoleezza Rice was confirmed as secretary of state in 2005. Historic notes include the Library of Congress fire of 1814 and Jefferson's transfer of 6,487 books in 1815.
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Congress
Michigan
U.S
Republic of India
Bill Clinton
U.S. Senate
Condoleezza Rice
Douglas MacArthur
Maria von Trapp
Paul Newman
Scott Glenn
Eddie van Halen
Ellen DeGeneres
Wayne Gretzky
Pretoria
South Africa
Dr Nicholas Labadie of Texas Aims for Place in History
Wanda Orton profiles Dr Nicholas Labadie a physician pharmacist merchant farmer and soldier who aided Texan independence serving at San Jacinto interpreting for Santa Anna later building Labadies Wharf in Galveston and aiding yellow fever relief before dying in 1867. The piece argues Labadie deserves higher recognition in Texas history.
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Texas
Chambers County
Nicholas Labadie
Anahuac
Lake Charlotte
San Jacinto
Galveston
History Channel
Labadie
Mexico
U.S
Burn
Juan John
William B. Travis
Patrick Jack
Fort Anahuac
Bradburn
Charles Willcox
Wallisville
Liberty
San Jacinto Labadie
Sidney
Sherman
Santa Anna
Sam Houston
Lorenzo de Zavala Jr
St. Mary’s
Michel Menard
26Th Street
Howard Association
Funeralizing Bunches Highlight Small-Town Goodbye Posts
Local columnist Jim Finley recalls a string of funerals and visitations, noting how life returns to normal after age 55. He honors Lan Williams and profiles friends Karen Hawkins, Dorothy Giroir, James “Spike” Sterling, and families tied to St. Joseph Church in Bay City while mixing humor with remembrance.
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Lan Williams
Sue Clay
Rip
Lan
Joe Biden
Margie
Martha Holub
Bay City
James Sterling
Martha
Karen Hawkins
St. Joseph — Catholic Church
Karen
Pete
Boerne
St. Joseph
Rosa Lee Franta
Dorothy Giroir
Jim Giroir
Dorothy
St. Joseph School
Spike
James
Linda
Stacey White
Matt
St. Andrews Drive
Cullen
Avery
David Theiss
Verna
Carl
Chet
Gander
Gary Herrington
David
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Mike Gunning
April Jones
Ling
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtson
Newsroom
the Sun
Sun
P.O
Sunnews
Baytownsun.com
Juan Bradburn
John Bradburn
Virginia
Wanda Orton
NEI
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