Permian Basin Cities See Mixed Sales Tax Gains
Sales tax income for August 2005 across Alpine Andrews Big Spring Crane Fort Stockton Kermit Marfa Midland Monahans Odessa Pecos Presidio Seminole Stanton and others shows varied changes from up 2.1 percent to down 241 percent in McCamey, with Midland and Odessa reporting the largest totals.
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Permian Basin
Alpine
Andrews
Big Spring
Crane
Fort Stockton
Kermit
Marfa
McCamey
Midland
Monahans
Odessa
Pecos
Presidio
Seminole
Stanton
Odessa sales tax up 11.25 percent in August
Odessa reports an August sales tax of 1,767,649.58, the 12th straight monthly gain, boosted by Oil price strength and a healthy economy. City Finance Director James Zentner notes the total includes 1,414,119.66 for the city and 353,529.92 for the Odessa Development Corp. The Odessa Development District sees continued growth as well with an August return of 1,475,890.34, up 26.64 percent from 2004.
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Odessa
James Zentner
Odessa Development Corp
Zentner
Ector County
Conaway Tours Military Gear Plant in Monahans
U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway visited Best Made Designs in Monahans to inspect gear for troops in Iraq. CEO Jeff Wemmer and 130 employees showcased military packs slings pouches and other equipment while Conaway praised the work for aiding soldiers and safety.
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Monahans
Best Made Designs
U.S
Iraq
Mike Conaway
R Midland
America
Conaway
11Th
House
Armed Services Committee
Mark Sterkel
Odessa
Bryan Heflin
Best Made
U.S. Rep
Brett Heflin
J.W. Thrasher
House Armed Services Committee
Bush signs $286.4 billion highway bill and local corridor plan
President Bush signed a nearly 300 billion highway bill that funds the La Entrada al Pacifico trade corridor. The first step is an 18 million highway from FM 1788 to State Highway 349, five miles north of Loop 250 in Midland, routing commercial traffic around northwest Midland.
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Bush
la Entrada
FM 1788
Northwest
Midland
Houston
Texas
Oil hits 65 as refineries strain supply
New York prices climbed to 65 a barrel led by refinery outages and strong futures. September crude settled at 64.90 after hitting 65, with gasoline and heating oil futures also rising amid ongoing U.S. refinery problems and supply concerns cited by EIA data.
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New York
New York Mercantile Exchange
U.S
Andy Weissman
Energy Ventures Group
Federal Energy Information Administration
EIA
Texas City
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