Baytown celebrates Juneteenth with strong turnout and plans for future
Baytown marked its first Juneteenth observance with about 5 000 attendees at Bicentennial Park and 300 at Town Square. Organizers say the federal recognition and good weather helped unity as community leaders promise ongoing annual events alongside Fourth of July and Grito Fest.
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Dwayne Bernard
Baytown
Bernard
James Singleton
McNair
Cinco de Mayo
Singleton
America
Brate Baytown
Texas
Gina Guillory
Lee College Board of Regents
Parks and Recreation
Cliff Hatch
Bicentennial Park
Moore-Fontenot
Guillory
Goose Creek sees virtual academy plans halted after bill failure
Goose Creek CISD officials say online learning plans are on hold after House Bill 1468 failed to pass. TEA notes no new remote instruction framework will be authorized. districts may still offer remote options under grandfathered programs or attendance rules. Houston ISD Conroe ISD Huffman ISD and Spring ISD joined the letter supporting remote options.
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Susan Jackson
Goose Creek
Texas
Goose Creek Cisd
Jackson
Jacob Kobersky
TEA
Kobersky
Houston Isd
Conroe Isd
Huffman Isd
Spring Isd
North Texas Commission
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Texas Computer Education Association
Abbott vetoes budget for legislative staff in Texas
Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed the line item funding for legislative staff pay after a House Democrats walkout that blocked a voting restrictions vote. A summer special session is expected to redraw districts. Rep. Chris Turner called the veto tyrannical and said legal options are being considered.
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Austin
Texas
Greg Abbott
Abbott
Chris Turner
Grand Prairie
House Democratic Caucus
Turner
ExxonMobil fights war pollution costs in Texas and Louisiana
ExxonMobil defended its wartime pollution liabilities in lawsuits against the government. Judges ordered the government to pay 24.67 percent and 36.54 percent of future cleanup costs for the Baytown refinery and chemical plants and 14.4 percent for the Baton Rouge refinery. Bench trials were delayed by COVID-19, with the government arguing 25 to 40 percent liability.
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Rosenthal
Exxon
Baytown
Baton Rouge
Kelsey Pietranton
U.S. Department of Justice
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