Senate to press on with school finance in Craddick conflict
In Austin the Texas Senate moves to take up its version of the school spending bill tied to a property tax swap, while House Speaker Tom Craddick pushes a scaled down classroom package without teacher raises. Lt. Gov. Dewhurst restores momentum as Craddick urges reforms and Democratic Rep. Pete Gallego urges continued work on a solution to the school finance impasse.
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Austin
Texas Senate
House
Tom Craddick
David Dewhurst
Craddick
Senate
Dewhurst
Pete Gallego
Alpine
Gallego
Jane Nelson
R-Lewisville
Florence Shapiro
R-Plano
Sen
Shapiro
Texans urged to swap drives for bikes and transit
Houston officials hailed a large federal highway bill boosting transit and bike projects across Texas. The package includes 245 million for Houston transit, 23 million to improve freeways, 5.5 million for walking and cycling, and 50 billion for statewide transit with 347 million for pedestrian and bike programs. Austin, Laredo, Grapevine, Beaumont and Rio Grande City receive bike trail funds as part of broader efforts to reduce car use and build a new civic culture around alternative mobility.
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Houston
Bill White
White
Congress
Bush
Texas
Austin
Laredo
Grapevine
Beaumont
Rio Grande City
Rene Gonzalez
Washington
Highway Trust Fund
Perry offers 365 million incentive to move jet base
Gov. Rick Perry proposed a 365 million package to the Pentagon to place a Navy Master Jet Base in Texas Coastal Bend. He pitched Texas as the best site, citing land, air space, climate, and community support while BRAC weighs Oceana closure and Ingleside's fate.
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Corpus Christi
Rick Perry
Pentagon
Navy
South Texas Coastal Bend
Naval Air Station Oceana
Virginia Beach
BRAC
Naval Station
Ingleside
Perry
Texas
Commission
Bush
Anthony Principi
Principi
Oceana
Robert McCreary
Cecil Field
Florida
Coastal Bend
False alarm evacuates Ector Library
About 30 patrons and workers were evacuated from the Ector County Library after a malfunction triggered the fire alarm. At 4 p.m. it was deemed safe to reenter. The alarm first sounded at 3:20 p.m. and a second alert at 3:30 p.m. prompted a fire department response. No hazards were found.
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Ector County Library
Tanner Drake
Odessa Fire Department
Drake
Kathryn Boone
Boone
Odessa man arrested for possession on West Sixth Street
An Odessa man, Jesus Carrasco, 29, of 3924 S. Fulton Drive, was arrested at 12:16 a.m. Monday in the 2100 block of West Sixth Street and charged with possession of a controlled substance. He remains in the Ector County Detention Center on a $7,500 bond.
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Odessa
West Sixth Street
Jesus Carrasco
S. Fulton Drive
Ector County Detention Center
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