Falcon Dam at lowest level since 1957 drought
In McAllen Texas drought has Falcon Dam at 248.8 feet above sea level, 52 feet below normal. Since 1957 only that year fell lower, prompting farmers to cut crops and shift to cash crops. Growers conserve water, switch to drip irrigation, and trade water rights as rainfall remains scarce and levels threaten irrigation into a worsening season.
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Mcallen
Texas
Con
Cindy Martinez
Texas National Resource Conservation Commission
Rio Grande
Falcon Dam
Bob Peterson
Starr Produce Company
Rio Grande City
Democrats push plan to expand Texas child care
Austin lawmakers unveiled a plan to make child care more accessible affordable and high quality in Texas. The package calls for tax breaks to private providers pooling local and federal funds boosting facilities expanding background checks and accrediting centers for high quality eligibility. Barrientos Greenberg and Sears cited worker retention and workforce needs as drivers of the proposal. Barrientos noted over 2.8 million Texas children live in two parent or single parent working households.
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Austin
Texas
Gonzalo Barrientos
National Association of the Education of
Sherri Greenberg
Elizabeth Sears
Austin Community College Early Childhood Development Lab
Barrientos
Texas study targets 11 high poverty schools with strong success
Eleven public Texas schools with high poverty and limited English proficiency are invited to join a study by TEA and the Dana Center to identify effective practices. All have recognized or exemplary ratings and will share strategies from bilingual and ESL programs as part of an ongoing six to eight month review.
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Austin
Texas
Rio Grande Valley
Texas Education Agency
Bowie and Clover
Pharr
Taneda
Brownsville
la Encantada
San Benito Consolidated
Scott
Roma
Kelly
Hidalgo
Sanchez
TEA
Office For the
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Ray Prewett
Texas Citrus Mutual
Prewett
Dems
West Texas Cancer Center
N. Grant - Odessa
Kris Howard
Dermatologist
ECISD
Don Naylor
Prema Vindhya
N. Grandview
Odessa
G.R. Albertson
D.O
D.W. Davison
M.D
G. Lang
Allibm
EREE
IBM
CANON
Best Buy Co., Inc
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc
MMX
Intel Corporation
Brie
Balanc Dey
Lipa
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