Texas Senate okays six month budget with education focus
The Texas Senate approved a six month budget continuation from 2003 with cuts and new funds for probation and alternatives to incarceration. Critics say the plan only preserves past cuts and leaves education underinvested while Dewhurst hailed efficiency and tax restraint. The focus shifts to the House budget-writ ing committee before conference committee compromises and final passage to Gov. Perry.
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House
Rick Perry
Texas
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el Paso
Steve Ogden
Bryan College Station
Dewhurst
Odessa convention draws 600 visitors amid talk of cap on property appraisal increases
Odessa hosts the annual Convention and Visitors Bureau gathering at the MCM Grand Hotel FunDome through Friday. Pat Owsley notes 600 plus attendees bringing an estimated 350000 to 450000 in direct spending, while officials discuss possible state caps on annual property appraisal increases that could financially strain smaller counties. Clyde Brinson of Comanche County praises Odessa as well run and favorable for meetings.
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Odessa Convention and Visitors Bureau
Pat Owsley
Mcm Grand Hotel
FunDome
Owsley
Odessa
Clyde Brinson
Comanche County
Trucker avoids death in fatal immigrant smuggling case
Tyrone Williams, a 34 year old Jamaican citizen living in Schenectady New York, was convicted on 38 counts of transporting illegal immigrants in a case tied to 19 deaths near Houston. The jury could not agree on direct responsibility for the deaths, so the death penalty was removed. A mistrial was declared on 20 counts of conspiracy and harboring. Williams faces life in prison on the 19 counts of transporting with deaths and up to 20 years for the other transporting counts. A sentencing date was not set and a retrial hearing is planned for April 11 on the deadlocked counts.
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Houston
Mexico
Tyrone Williams
Williams
Schenectady
U.S
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Gilmore
Refinery Blast at BP Plant Kills 14 in Texas City
An explosion at a BP oil refinery in Texas City caused flames and smoke seen five miles away. At least 14 workers died and more than 100 were injured as search crews sifted through rubble and officials investigated a suspected octane boosting unit blast.
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Texas City
Don
Parus
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