Legislative scramble over two thirds fund and PUF shifts
Washington page reports rapid session battles to finish a task before June with hearings in late April for metropolitan areas. The Permanent University Fund rises to 1.378 billion after a record oil and gas lease sale, fueling talk of reallocating funds to 19 under funded state universities. Aggie House Speaker Bill Clayton pushes a Higher Education Permanent Fund financed by a three cent ad valorem tax, seeking to double dip for Prairie View A&M and Texas Southern University to win black legislators support. State Comptroller Bob Bullock faces criticism over pricey vehicle extras, while Atty. Gen. Mark White''s swift race gains him another kind of chase as he recovers a birthday shirt stolen from a friend and retrieved from a bicycle thief near the UT campus.
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PUF
Bill Clayton
Clayton
Prairie View A&m
Texas Southern University
Mark White
White
Calendar of Texas Events highlights back yard summer fun
The State Department of Highways and Public Transportation releases a Calendar of Texas Events for April through September. It lists nearly 900 activities across towns, from Monahans Oil and Gas Appreciation Day on May 16 to the July 4 Freedom Fair and A Q H A Horse Show. The menu includes outdoor feasts, cookoffs, rodeos, golf events, and festivals from Fiesta San Antonio to local fairs, with options for every taste.
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Texas
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation
Monahans
Alfresco
Texas Tourist Bureau
Dept
Austin
1000 Barrel Exemption Measure in Congress
Congressmen Kent Hance and Tom Loeffler push a 1000 barrel per day exemption from the Windfall Profits Tax with 180 sponsors including Jim Wright and Bob Michel. Texas Senators Bentsen and Tower have a Senate bill similar. Implications tag a potential $50 billion revenue loss over nine years if enacted.
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Kent Hance
Lubbock
Tom Loeffler
Hunt
House
Jim Wright
Bob Michel
House of Representatives
Texas
Lloyd Bentsen
John Tower
Senate
Henry Gandy
Loeffler
Where to write your lawmaker in Texas and D C
Addresses for contacting federal and state lawmakers listed for El Paso Houston Wichita Falls Monahans and Midland. Includes Rep Richard C White Sen Lloyd Bentsen Jr Sen John Tower Rep Jerry Cockerham and Sen Pete Snelson with room numbers and box addresses in Washington D C and Austin Texas.
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U.S
Richard C. White
el Paso
Rayburn House
Washington
D.C
Lloyd Bentsen, Jr
Houston
Senate
John Tower
Wichita Falls
Jerry Cockerham
Monahans
P.O
Capitol Station
Austin
Texas
W.E
Pete) Snelson
Midland
Box
Tex
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Higher Education
Permanent University Fund
University of Texas
Texas A&m Systems
Bob Bullock
Bullock
S. Alice
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Energy Report
Hance
Dave Stockman
Reagan
Caloric
Tan
Ony
S.alice
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