Texas tobacco case heads to federal court after judge ruling
Texas continues its 4 billion federal lawsuit against tobacco firms after State District Judge Joseph Hart set aside the industrys state suit. Morales aims to recover Medicaid costs and halt ads aimed at kids while the federal case proceeds, with Hart noting some issues belong to federal court but keeping the state suit alive for possible later action.
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Austin
Texas
Ind
Dan Morales
Joseph Hart
Morales
Tobacco
Hart
Tobacco Companies
Texarkana
Federal Court
Philip Morris Inc
Jack Maroney
Philip Morris
Gregory G. Little
Military training site eyed for Air Force use near El Paso
Erdmman notes regional airport could attract Air Force sale while offering high visibility and a large ramp area for simulated desert style exercises. Training runs around the clock with lasers and no live ammo, though heat related injuries prompted minor hospitalizations. Avion Flight Centre benefits from tanker flights and fuel sales as El Paso and Roswell serve as front lines with C 5 Galaxy aircraft stationed in a rear area.
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Erdmann
el Paso
Roswell
Charles Perry
Avion Flight Centre
RL Leaders Study Institute Inspires Midland Teacher
Seventh grade study skills teacher Janis Hamilton of Alamo Junior High Midland says every student harbors a leader inside and leadership can be taught across districts. The Johns Ben Shepperd Public Leadership Institute, started in 1995 with 2000 scholarship per participant, runs June 3 to 28 with UTBP faculty guiding sessions on ancient Greek leaders and leadership ideas.
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Janis Hamilton
Alamo Junior High
Midland
Protecting Victims: How Protective Orders Work in Violent Abuse
The district attorney notes victims must seek court orders to arrest the abuser, police cannot act on judge statements alone. Protective orders become enforceable by police, with eligibility requiring threats or violence and household or family relation. The Ector County DA and local center advocate better officer collaboration and timely, consistent information for victims.
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Ector County
Diane Lee
Four Teens Suspected in Kitten’s Death in Victoria
In Victoria, four teenagers aged 16 to 19 are suspected of kicking a 3 month old orange and white kitten named Dyner to death after a red pickup dropped four youths off near the Garcias home. A 13 year old nearby witness helped identify the suspects. no arrests yet. The case echoes other local animal cruelty incidents, including piglets shot and stolen from a Calhoun County pen and other cats harmed by youths. Virginia Garcia vows to pursue punishment and cautions against letting cruelty go unpunished.
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Victoria
Andrew Garcia
Dyner
Virginia Garcia
Bill Pratka
Victoria Advocate
Calhoun County
East Bernard High School
Pratka
Tyler business president pleads guilty to charges
Thomas R. Rudd, 60, the Tyler based president of Striping Technology, pleaded guilty in federal court to directing disposal of contaminated paint and lead wastes into pits that flowed into Black Fork Creek in Smith County. He faces up to three years in prison and a $250,000 fine, and agreed to pay cleanup costs at five locations and fund a $250,000 trust for East Texas Ecological Education Center.
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Tyler
Thomas R. Rudd
Emare
Black Fork Creek
Smith County
U.S. Attorney's Office
Rudd
Bradford
Jim Knowles
East Texas Ecological Education Center
Texas Parks and Ildlife Department
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Danysh
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Plato
John Ben Shepperd
Public Leadership Institute
Lee
Angie Hickman
Center
Kitten
East Texas
U.S
Mike Bradford
John Hannah Jr
Mexico
U.S. Border Patrol
Laredo
Industrial Ave
Kirby Big Boy
Lotus
Dan
Sota
Toate
Dan Williams Millworks
Furniture Factory
ROLEX
Jewelers
W. Wall
T.A. Taylor Insurance Agency
N. Grandview
Patel
Farmers New World Life Insurance Co
Mercer Island
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