Board rejects ban on influence over text book picks
The State Board of Education rejected a bid by People for the American Way to bar individual members from swaying school districts on instructional materials. The move followed debates over state approved health textbooks and a shift allowing districts broader choices with state funds.
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Donna Ballard
Ballard
the Woodlands
Harriet Peppel
People For the American Way
Peppel
Cecile Richards
The
Texas Freedom Alliance
Don Willett
Austin
People For the
American Way
Willett
Perin Basin Safety Seminar to Discuss Workplace Safety
Odessa hosts a safety conference drawing U S experts to cover cost effective safety, regulatory compliance, ergonomics and injury prevention. Phillips Petroleum’s Max Comer and Steve Fahey of the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission headline talks on spending wisely, construction fatalities, and understanding differences to reduce injuries.
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United States
Odessa
Max Comer
Phillips Petroleum Co
Permian Basin
American Society of Safety Engineers
Texas Safety Association
Holiday Inn Centre
Comer
Steve Fahey
Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission
Austin
Fahey
Texas
Tamaulipas to return Texas vehicles
Tamaulipas state police agreed to return 110 stolen Texas vehicles as a sign of closer cooperation with Texas law enforcement. Texas AG Dan Morales and Tamaulipas AG Cesar Ceballos Blanco described a joint, persistent effort to curb auto theft rings crossing the border. The cars, valued across model years, will be returned to insurers for owners in about three weeks.
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Reynosa
Mexico
Tamaulipas
Texas
Dan Morales
Cesar Ceballos Blanco
Texas-Mexico
Morales
Luis Eduardo Rodriguez Masso
Santiago Robles
Texas Department of Public Safety
McAllen
Robles
Adan Munoz Jr
U.S
United States
West Texas cities wind grants for recycling push
Two West Texas cities share waste reduction grants from the Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission. Big Spring will expand its composting program with inmate labor from three area facilities under a 106 500 grant, enabling trash diversion and the sale of prairie dog dirt compost. Midland gets 30 017 for recycling and 3 587 for composting to broaden programs and place more containers.
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West Texas
Texas Natural Resources Conservation Commission
Big Spring
Gary Fuqua
Mid-Tex Detentions Inc
Fuqua
Midland
Glen E. Hackler
TNRCC
Hackler
Odessa
Monahans mulls hiring band director son of former chief
Monahans Independent School District plans to recommend Tony Gibbs, son of board vice president Dan Gibbs and former Mona Hans Band director Harold Floyd, for the open band director post. Floyd resigned amid sexual harassment allegations after Tracie Gomershall, a former Monahans assistant, filed a complaint. Gibbs previously led Fort Stockton and worked in Denton and Klein districts.
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Monahans Independent School District
Mean Green
Harold Floyd
Monahans
Jack Clemmons
Tony Gibbs
Fort Stockton
Gibbs
Monahans School Board
Dan Gibbs
Clemmons
Denton
Klein
Floyd
Tracie Gomershall
Research disputes claim of greenhouse changes
Accu-Weather Inc. reports that rising energy use and greenhouse gases have not raised world average temperatures or weather extremes. GCC disputes the study, saying factors are missing. The report notes a 1 degree Fahrenheit rise in a century, mainly before 1940, with emissions increasing after.
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Accu-Weather Inc
State College
Accu-Weather
Jane Agate
Global Climate Coalition
GCC
Accu
Agate
Earth
John Sobel
Sobel
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Andrews Highway
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Odessa American
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