White House action on West Texas fertilizer disaster
Editorial: federal steps to improve safety and data sharing follow the West explosion. FEMA reverses denial to grant disaster aid. costs exceed 100 million for pipes roads and schools. Highlights need for better coordination among agencies and stronger security for ammonium nitrate depots nationwide. State and local officials urged to cooperate amid regulatory gaps and possible lessons for Texas.
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West
Washington
Austin
Rick Perry
Barack Obama
White House
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Obama
FEMA
Texas
West Fertilizer Co
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Perry
THE
Dallas Morning News
Texas lawmakers and officials contact list in brief
A consolidated roster lists U S Representatives and Senators with Midland Odessa and Austin offices. It includes Mike Conaway Pete Gallego John Cornyn Ted Cruz Tryon Lewis contact details and office addresses phones faxes and emails for federal and state representatives.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Republican
Midland
Rayburn House
Washington
D.C
Odessa
Eighth St
Desta Drive
Suite
Conaway
House
Pete Gallego
Cannon House
Washington, D.C
Gallego
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Cornyn
Senate
Ted Cruz
Dirksen Senate
Cruz.senate.gov
Tryon Lewis
West 4Th St
Austin
Capitol Extension
P.O
Tryon.lewis
State
Pulitzer Prize 1988 Winner Listed in Brief
The 1988 Pulitzer Prize winner is announced with Patrick Cant unable to publish, while Laura Dennis serves as editor. The brief note credits Cant as publisher and Dennis as editor in the historic announcement.
Let peace begin with me in a moral pledge statement
A religiously tinged editorial declares freedom as self-control granted by God and aligned with the Coveting Commandment the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. It argues freedom is a divine gift not a political grant from anarchy and calls readers to promote and preserve liberty.
Busybody politics not a proper news headline
Thomas Sowell is a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and also a syndicated columnist or writer.
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Sowell
Hoover Institution
Stanford University
Busybody solutions and the price of our freedom
Thomas Sowell critiques repeat solutions to social problems. He argues housing reforms raise costs and homelessness, education reforms create behavior issues, and federal rules invade privacy. He warns busybody politics prosper when others pay no price for wrong ideas and cites trash can bans and ObamaCare as examples.
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San Francisco
New York
Yosemite
Yellowstone
Permian Senior Savannah Young Eyes American Idol Run
Odessa American celebrates Permian High School senior Savannah Young as she pursues American Idol. Readers can email letters@capa.com with thumbs nominations for future features and praise.
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Savannah Young
Capa
Obamacare delays and fraud risks spark critique
The piece argues that delaying the employer mandate weakens the health care reform and invites fraud in signups for health exchanges. It cites entitlement growth, rising disability claims, and critiques of administration policy as eroding American values and encouraging dishonesty in pursuing subsidies. It relies on Nicholas Eberstadt's analysis to frame concerns about dependency and fraud in modern America.
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Department of Health and Human Services
Obama
HHS
Nicholas Eberstadt
America
Eberstadt
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Patrick Cant
Laura Dennis
AIM
Thomas Sowell
Creators.com
Lee
Edward Snowden
Russia
Charen
Reagan
Muke
Department of Health and Human
Hhs.gov
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