Walker discusses Texas Legislature session in District 80
Texas representative Gary Walker reviews the 140 day session highlighting SB 1 water measures, interbasin transfers, and aquifer studies. He notes tightened justice codes, no HB 4 tax rollback, and a surplus plan funding teacher raises and higher homestead exemption pending August referendum. He opposed home equity lending and electric deregulation remained undecided.
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Duncan
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Senate
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Gary Walker
Boundary disputes mark Texas expansion and loss since statehood
Texas has shrunk by 1.4 million acres since joining the Union, with long running disputes over the Red River boundary with Oklahoma and tidelands. Supreme Court rulings and federal actions shifted millions of acres between states. The Rio Grande and Meandering river course complicates the true lines, while border land returns and restorations outline a complex map of statehood. Fort Stockton and Pecos County forts are noted as highway landmarks in traveling Texas.
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Oklahoma
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U.S
Congress
Rio Grande
el Paso
Juarez
Mexico
Spain
Texas Growth and Foreign Consulates Through the Years
The Texas expansion drew settlers aided by railroads and optimistic advertising. A Southern Pacific pamphlet from 1882 mocked Texas myths yet encouraged immigration. By 1857 Texas hosted 17 foreign consulates, with Galveston and Brownsville among early hubs. today over 60 nations maintain consulates, led by Mexico, and major offices cluster in Houston, Dallas, Austin and other cities.
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Texas
Southern Pacific Railway
Galveston
Indianola
Brownsville
Mexico
Houston
Dallas
Austin
el Paso
San Antonio
Waco
West Texas Press offers two 500 scholarships for journalists
West Texas Press Association invites high school seniors and college juniors or seniors to apply for two Bob Craig Memorial Scholarships of 500 each. Winners must major in journalism or advertising, enroll in at least three credit hours, and write an essay on My Future and Career Plans in Community Journalism. Applications due June 15, 1997.
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Brownfield News
West Texas Press Association
WTPA
Bob Craig
Hamlin Herald
Josh Bowerman
Hamlin
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene
Misty Shupp
Graham High School
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls
West Texas
M. Gene Dow
P. O
Seminole
Lubbock
Texas
High Plains Cotton Harvest Hit By Storms And Weevil Rise
Thunderstorms swept the Texas High Plains last week delaying the final planting of the 1997 cotton crop amid hail and cooler weather. Some areas report stand damage and replanting while others have just begun. Weevil emergence above the Caprock climbs, prompting eradication plans and zone-specific reappraisal after Texas Legislature backed boll weevil eradication. Governor Bush expected to sign by month’s end, triggering phased actions and a referendum by August 1 for the Southern High Plains Caprock Zone. Brownfield News notes its regional focus.
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Shawn Wade
Texas High Plains
Floyd
Crosby
High Plains
PCG
Donald Johnson
Don Rummel
Texas Agricultural Experiment Station
Lubbock
Caprock
Texas
George Bush
Letter to the Editor on free speech and pornography ethics
A letter argues that obscenity should not be protected as free speech. It contends commercial exploitation harms First Amendment aims and warns against smoke screens promoting legalization of gambling drugs and prostitution. The author urges men to defend morality and government role, invoking Roth v United States and Bundy cases.
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Supreme Court
Roth
United States
Ted Bundy
Reader praises Brownfield News and local piano recital
Linda Brookey of Brazoria Texas commends The Brownfield News for its coverage and subscriptions. She especially enjoyed the Sharp Piano Spring Recital article and notes she teaches piano in Brazoria. She signs with hometown details and mail address for letters.
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Edrie Gruben
Brownfield News
Brazoria
Texas
Linda Brookey
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