Employers in hiring mood boost job gains in March report
The Labor Department report shows 211000 payroll gains pushing the unemployment rate to 4.7 percent the lowest in 41/2 years. In Texas cities Odessa and Austin share 4.3 percent while Midland posts 3.5 percent. Construction retail financial activities education health care and government led gains as hiring picks up across sectors.
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Permian Basin Workforce Development Board
Austin
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Round Rock
Texas
Midland
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Fulleo
Andrews High Graduate Takes Early Masters Lead
Chad Campbell, a former Andrews High standout, surged ahead in the Masters field, leaving Tiger Woods Phil Mickelson and Vijay Singh in his wake as he strode toward what would be his first green jacket.
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Chad Campbell
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Cowboy Easter Parable brings Western spin to Easter tale
Odessa church presents the Cowboy Easter Parable a Western set tale about a town fight between good and evil. David Johnson portrays Deputy Durwood with Odessa Sheriff Mark Donaldson as the marshal and Robert Hollmann as Bub the outlaw. Kathy Hollmann plays Lucy Fer Deborah Johnson is Miss Mary and the skit ties biblical Easter themes to frontier life.
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Central Baptist Church
Odessa
Robert Hollmann
Johnson
Durwood
Mark Donaldson
Hollmann
B.L. Zebub
Zebub
Craddick Renovates Capitol Apartment With State Funds
Texas House Speaker Tom Craddick and his wife Nadine plan a second renovation of their Capitol apartment. Some costs are funded by state money, though private funds will cover part. The 1,960 square foot residence near the House chamber is touted as the nation’s only official capitol dwelling. Senator Kim Brimer criticized the use of state funds and lack of public oversight.
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Texas
Tom Craddick
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Capitol
Fort Worth
Kim Brimer
R-Fort Worth
Craddick
Barnett Shale fuels rapid Texas gas boom
From atop a 40 foot rig Hampton of Devon Energy surveys the Barnett Shale north of Fort Worth where wells sprout on private land and even near Dallas airports. The field now yields about 1.2 billion cubic feet daily, with projections to 1.7 Bcf and 2 percent of U.S. production, underscoring a fast growing industry in a region long tied to ranching.
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Doug Hampton
Fort Worth
U.S
Dallas/Fort Worth International
John Wood
U.S. Department of Energy
Tration
United States
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