Louisiana governor pitches LNG hub to lure business
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Blanco promoted the state as an LNG hub at the Offshore Technology Conference in Houston. She cited Cheniere LNG’s Sabine Pass terminal plan and RGIT Montrose’s Lafayette training center, arguing Louisiana must seize the ground floor of a growing LNG economy amid white collar oil job losses to Houston.
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Houston
Louisiana
Kathleen Blanco
Texas
Blanco
Cheniere Lng
Sabine Pass
Vival
Rgit Montrose
Lafayette
ExxonMobil
Citeo
Tulsa
Federal Reserve
Alan Greenspan
U.S
Sempra Energy
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Smart Kids summer festival in Baytown at hospital
Baytown area families attend Smart Kids Safe Kids festival at San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Cancer Center on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. demos by local gymnastics and sports teams, food demos, education station, healthy BMI tips, door prizes, fire safety house, bicycle drawings, and sponsors include LA Crespo Funeral Directors Goose Creek ISD Kiwanis Club The Medicine Shop PortaSan. Volunteers invited call 281 420 8637.
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Baytown Area
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Cancer Center
Garth Road
Baytown
American Cancer Society
LA. Crespo Funeral Directors
Goose Creek
Kiwanis Club of
the Medicine Shop
PortaSan
San Jacinto Methodist Hospital Cancer Center
Aggie Classic golf tourney set by Baytown A&M Club
The Baytown Area A&M Club hosts its eighth Aggie Classic Saturday at Evergreen Point Golf Course. Entry is $100 per player for a scramble including a cart, balls, drinks, and barbecue. Proceeds fund four $4,000 scholarships and support university causes and cadet projects. For details call David Evans at 281-422-3746.
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Baytown Area
A&m Club
Evergreen Point
Texas A&m University
Baytown Club
Corps of Cadets
A&m
David Evans
Candidates in Texas Avenue meeting face past and future
Audience members from the Fiumwood Civic Association queried candidates Mundinger and Mercedes Renteria Til during an opening statements session. Renteria Til, 40, has represented District 1 since 2001 and teaches social studies. Mundinger, 49, represents District 3 since 1999 and is a self employed pipeline and oil professional.
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Fiumwood Civic Association
Texas Avenue
Mundinger
Mercedes Renteria Til
Renteria
West Baytown
Pelly
Central Heights
Goose Creek
Distact 3
Lakewood
Eastpoint
North Baytown
Baytown candidates back senior tax value freeze plan
Baytown Sun reports background checks on candidates and notes broad support for a property tax value freeze for seniors and the disabled. May 11 through May 15 voting ahead, with early voting ongoing and City Hall as a polling place. District 6 candidates Doyle Sr Javels and Mahan joined incumbent Plumwood in backing the measure. Mundinger supports freeze or expanded exemptions while Renteria urges immediate action.
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Mundinger
Renteria
Jerry Doyle Sr
Dave Javels
Sammy Mahan
Plumwood
City Hall
Angelou firm maps Baytown growth plan and outreach
Jeff Marcell, Angelou project manager for Baytown, describes the first phase of an economic development snapshot for the city. The five focus areas are business, infrastructure, workforce and education, quality of life, and development efforts. Public input will come via online surveys after meetings. Robert Hodgin will present local economic data today at Lee College.
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Baytown Sun
City of
Baytown
Marcell
Robert Hodgin
University of Houston At
Clear Lake
Tucker Hall
Lee College
Mike Shields
EDE
Hodgin
Angelou
Shields
Landowner doubts TSR landfill project after Wal-Mart plan
Chambers County rancher says Terry Parks, TSR president, is no longer interested in building the landfill. He notes Parks and J. Herzog prefer land valuation speculation since Wal-Mart announced plans for a nearby mammoth distribution center.
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Chambers County
Terry Parks
TSR
Eider
Wal- Mart
Parks
J. Herzog
British investors flood Houston as oil ties deepen
British trade chief Thomas Harris says Houston attracts about one new British company weekly and hosts around 400 British firms. He cites BP and Shell’s strong Houston presence and notes Gulf of Mexico expansion links with Houston becoming a global energy capital, reflecting two-way tech and investment flow.
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New York
Britain
Houston
Thomas Harris
United States
Shell Oil Co
London
North Sea
Aberdeen
Scotland
Atlantic
Harris
Gulf of Mexico
Domestic disturbance ends with police arrest and conflicting accounts
At 10 30 a m Sunday officers responded to a domestic disturbance on Shady Hill Drive. A sister reported an argument with her brother recently released from prison who then threatened her with gestures and a gun. The brother was arrested for class C assault amid subsequent collision claims between his girlfriend and a vehicle she followed closely after catching him with another woman. The girlfriend said the collision was unintentional and the DA declined to file charges.
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Shady Hill Drive
Harris County District Attorney’s
Hill Street
Man assaulted with shifting accounts in alley attack
A man with injuries was taken to San Jacinto Methodist Hospital after an alleyway assault in the 2800 block of Virginia Street. He gave three changing statements about his attackers, including a neighbor and a possible money dispute, as police investigate.
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San Jacinto Methodist Hospital
Virginia Street
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