Senate to weigh stalled high tech visa bill next week
The Senate will consider a long stalled bill to raise visas for foreign high tech workers amid an "extremely uncertain" outlook due to partisan fights over other immigration measures. The Offspring plan free online song releases ahead of its upcoming CD despite Sony Music’s objections.
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Do You Require a Child to Say Please and Thank You
Dr. Dobson advocates requiring polite phrases to teach children attitudinal duties in a household. Beth Eby is named director of the Frank M Tejeda Center for Excellence in Environmental Operations in San Antonio after serving as Del Rio city manager and in multiple city roles.
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City joins Border Trade Alliance as Platinum member
Del Rio City Council approved joining the Border Trade Alliance as a Platinum member along with Central Power and Light Roy F Weston Mattel and the City of Eagle Pass. Garry Kyle has represented Del Rio for about 14 years. $7500 bridge funds funded Kyle’s travel and board seat for 1999 2000 with $5378 68 spent to date. The BTA, founded in 1986, focuses on trade issues in the Americas and expanded to regional national and international concerns including NAFTA.
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Hutchison wins funding for Del Rio water plant upgrade
U S Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison helped secure 1 million dollars in the FY 2001 federal budget for the Del Rio and Laughlin Air Force Base area water treatment plant upgrades. The money, part of a 50 million Border Environmental Infrastructure Fund allocation, supports safe reliable water amid border environmental challenges. Hutchison notes her role in securing over 400 million for border environmental projects.
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Fall drought drags on as relief promised but unclear
Dallas AP reports drought and heat have caused hundreds of millions in crop losses, with cotton and grasshoppers driving damage. Forecasters promise cooler, shorter days though wetter weather is not assured. Texas faces billions in farm losses since 1996, with disaster loan provisions in 178 counties and outdoor burning rules in 186 counties as forests monitor ongoing fires statewide.
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Loma Alta section reconstruction starts Monday
Reconstruction of eight miles of U S 277 north of Loma Alta will begin Monday with the highway closed along the work. An alternate route via U S 277 to Rocksprings then SH 55 back to U S 277 will be required. The project, allotted 186 working days, aims to finish by May 2001 weather permitting.
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