Power company seeks 5 million for low income users
Houston Lighting & Power Co seeks PUC approval to add 5 million to its budget for depreciated assets to aid low income customers through eight social service agencies. If approved, the funds would supplement the 2.5 million already distributed via its energy assistance program. The move follows record heat and rising electricity use plaguing Harris County.
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Houston
Houston Lighting & Power Co
Public Utility Commission
Hl&p
Hs&p
David McClanahan
PUC
Austin
Leticia Lowe
McClanahan
Texas
Harris County
Dallas
Texas Utilities
Gulf War syndrome studies challenged by UT Southwestern epidemiologist
US gulf war veteran health concerns gain scrutiny as Dr. Robert Haley of UT Southwestern calls three influential Pentagon studies flawed. He alleges biased analysis and missing birth defects data, arguing veterans show higher deaths and hospitalizations and possible birth defect risks. The Defense Department orders a review.
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Dallas
Robert Haley
American Journal of Epidemiology
Pentagon
Kenneth Bacon
Defense Department
Haley
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
UT Southwestern
Haley’s
Asser
Han K. Kang
Tim Bullman
George Comstock
USDA expands emergency haying grazing in Texas counties
The U S Department of Agriculture raised to 104 the Texas counties where emergency haying and grazing may occur on Conservation Reserve Program land. Sixteen counties were added including Baylor, Brooks, Callahan, Coleman, Coryell, Fannin, Franklin, Frio, Grayson, Hemphill, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Roberts, Rusk and Terry. Landowners must obtain local farm service approvals before using the land.
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Austin
Department of Agriculture
Texas
USDA
Baylor
Brooks
Callahan
Coleman
Coryell
Fannin
Franklin
Frio
Grayson
Hemphill
Jim Hogg
Jim Wells
Karnes
Roberts
Rusk
Terry
Farm Service
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Power Company
State
Sandy Smith
Dixie Fisher
Fort Worth
Fisher
Habitat For Humanity
U.S. Agriculture Department
Ector County Commissioners Court
Jim Jordan
Mike Patton
Bob Bryant
Freddie Gardner
Tom Todd
Criminal Justice
Ector County
Department of Criminal Justice
Apex
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