County weighs sales tax fate amid budget squeeze
Ector County officials debate directing a portion of the one percent hospital district sales tax to county needs. Officials warn of dire finances as mineral values drop 71 percent and a hiring freeze spreads across non elected offices. Council eyes tax reform to avoid further cuts while hospital ties are urged to share funds.
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Pace
Eckert
Odessa
Ector County
Eddy Shelton
Shelton
Odessa hotel project backed by local investors and city plan
Sondra and her husband, former Odessa Pumps owners, back a hotel and convention center in downtown Odessa. The couple will fund part of the project, with Aimbridge Hospitality to manage daily operations for the Marriott. The venture includes a master plan for downtown revitalization with mixed use and incentives. The project could take over two years to complete with site preparation underway.
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Sondra Eoff
Odessa
National Oilwell Varco
Distributionnow
Eoffs
Odessa Pumps
Sondra Boff
Turner
Rose
N. Grant Ave
First National Bank
Nelda
Jimmy Rose
Boffs
Yana
Erik Prado
Permian Basin
Gateway Planning Group
Kelsey Berry
Scott Polikov
High HIV diagnoses among gay men in southern cities
A study finds about three in ten gay and bisexual men in several Southern metro areas diagnosed with HIV, with El Paso Augusta Baton Rouge and Jackson among the highest. The report notes most of the top 25 metro areas by prevalence lie in the South and cites CDC experts on the regional disparity.
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New York
South
Jonathan Mermin
U.S
Centers For Disease Control and Prevention
el Paso
Texas
Augusta
Georgia
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
Jackson
Mississippi
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