Texas vitw lessons from parade rail crossing clash
A MIDLAND REPORTER-TELEGRAM opinion condemns allowing a Juneteenth parade to cross railroad tracks at Lamesa Road and Front Street despite a 6-1 council vote and unfinished safety assurances. It recalls the Nov 15 Show of Support train wreck that killed four veterans and wounded 14, urging caution and stronger safeguards.
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Courtney Sharp
Lamesa Road
Front Street
Union Pacific
Jeff Sparks
Sparks
Midland Reporter-Telegram
Lawmakers Federal Officials Contacts in Texas
A compiled list of U S representatives and senators with office addresses in Midland Odessa Lubbock and Austin. It includes Rep Mike Conaway Randy Neugebauer Pete Gallego and Senators John Cornyn Ted Cruz along with state officials Tryon Lewis Tom Craddick and Kel Seliger with district and Austin offices and contact details.
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U.S
Mike Conaway
Republican
Midland
Rayburn House
Washington
D.C
Odessa
Eighth St
Desta Drive
Conaway
House
Randy Neugebauer
Lubbock
Longworth House
Randy
Pete Gallego
Cannon House
Gallego
John Cornyn
Hart Senate
Washington, D.C
Cornyn
Senate
Ted Cruz
Dirksen Senate
Cruz
Tryon Lewis
West 4Th St
Austin
Capitol Extension
P.O
Tryon.lewis
State
Tom Craddick
West Texas
Capitol
Texas
Senate.state
Let peace begin with me winner prize 1988
The edition highlights Patrick Ant as winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 1988 for the work Let peace begin with me. Publisher Laura Dennis and Editor describe the newspaper’s mission to inform readers to promote freedom, self-control, and moral guiding principles.
Reaching Zero: NTSB On Drunk Driving Deaths
The NTSB urges cutting BAC to .05 to save 500 800 lives yearly but warns of high costs and reduced personal freedom. It notes improvements since 1982 1994 and favors ignition interlocks for DUI offenders over harsher limits. Mothers Against Drunk Driving withholds endorsement.
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National Transportation Safety Board
NTSB
BAC
Mothers Against
Thumbs Up Nomination Request for OA Opinion
An OA issued request seeks confirmation of a thumbs nomination by email to onletters at 0a0a com and asks respondents to indicate whether they have a thumbs nomination. The notice instructs recipients how to respond and where to send confirmation.
Recess appointments spark debate on Senate consent
The Third and DC Circuits rule that the Recess Appointment Clause applies only between sessions, arguing Obama's 2010 2012 NLRB and CFPB picks were illegitimate. The piece notes rising use of intrasession and weekend recesses, tracing precedent from Johnson to Harding and Reagan era counts, and questions future legitimacy of the clause.
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Ed Meese
Ronald Reagan
Obama
Senate
Meese
Congress
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
National Labor Relations Board
NLRB
U.S. Court of Appeals
3Rd Circuit
D.C
Prac
Andrew Johnson
Warren Harding
Reagan
George H W. Bush
Bill Clinton
George W. Bush
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Microsoft
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Sullum
Reason Igazine
Labor Relations Board
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