Trial recounts police interviews in Billings case
Testimony details Dwayne Billings and a girl suspect in a sexual assault case. Accounts conflict over who brought the girl to a trailer and where encounters occurred. Defense questions sanity findings while prosecutors seek reliability of interrogations and the suspect’s competency. The court weighs whether witness testimony and reports meet legal standards.
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Zavoda
John Smith
Trujillo
Dwayne Billings
Winkler County Officials Face Retaliation and Misuse Allegations
An arrest affidavit claims Arafiles believed charges would block a board probe while cases against Galle were dropped and Mitchell acquitted in 2010. In August, Winkler County settled a federal suit for 750000. Accusations center on misuse of non public hospital information to identify anonymous authors and retaliatory terminations tied to whistleblowing.
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Texas Medical Board
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Gallo
Program Prem Page: First single family home under new program
The Landa family could not afford the necessary work and waited six months before construction on their Oct 2010 house began. Their home became the program’s first single family project. Energy upgrades cut monthly bills from about 170–180 dollars to 60–70 dollars.
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Landa
Peter Walper
Texas Energy Raters
Energy efficiency program costs and health gains cited
Homeowners spend about six thousand dollars per housing unit for private contractor energy upgrades. The program has spent five thousand five hundred to six thousand five hundred dollars per unit. Beneficiaries may save about one percent on electric bills. The Landa family reports dramatic asthma and allergy improvement after insulation and attic dust issues were fixed, with cleaner air and fewer breathing treatments. The waiting list remains frozen after funds cover 45 more houses. four houses are in progress.
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Minor
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Texas budget to cut about 8000 state jobs in initial plan
Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst said Texas' first budget draft will eliminate an estimated 8,000 state positions while staying within revenue, about 8 billion more than the last budget. The plan faces agency by agency cuts and agency consolidations with most layoffs tied to empty positions.
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Texas
David Dewhurst
Texas House
Dewhurst
Honors in Austin reward leaders at 26th Texas Leadership Forum
Reneé Henderson Earls of Odessa received the Outstanding Local Leader award and Rep. Tom Craddick earned the Outstanding Texas State Leader award at the 26th Annual Texas Leadership Forum held Thursday night at the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum in Austin. Also pictured are JBS Leadership Institute Director Bobby Burns Jeff and UTPB President David Watts.
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Odessa
Tom Craddick
Bob Bullock
Texas History Museum
Austin
JBS Leadership Institute
Bobby Burns
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UTPB
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