Perry defends 250000 video gambling contract in Texas
Gov. Perry backed a 250000 state contract with Lionel Sawyer and Collins to draft a constitutional amendment legalizing and taxing video slot machines at tracks and casinos. Lottery officials and the attorney general’s office oversee the project, which has billed 176,743 to date, as lawmakers consider a possible special session.
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Perry
House
Kim Kipling
Nelson
Greer
Texas
David
Dewhurst
Tom Craddick
Greg Abbott
Kipling
James Cox
Howard Hughes
Jim Cox
Bush says it is time to take the training wheels off in Iraq
President Bush told lawmakers that Iraqis are ready to assume political power from the U.S. led coalition as the June 30 transition of sovereignty nears. He warned of tougher days ahead and defended his record while seeking votes ahead of the Memorial Day recess.
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Iraq
Washington
Capitol Hill
Sen
Rick Santorum
R-Pa
House
Senate
LCRA upgrade expands wind farm power capacity in Texas
The Lower Colorado River Authority will finish a 103 million Rio Pecos Area Project Upgrade to extend transmission capacity in West Texas. Project manager Natalie Vaughn says the new grid will move about 860 megawatts, enabling wind farms in the Permian Basin to release far more power and meet current output. The upgrade aims to surpass existing limits of 400 megawatts and is slated to be completed on time, just barely.
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Lower
Colorado River Authority
Permian
Vaughn
Center For Energy and Economic Diversification
West Texas
Rio Pecos Area
Permian Basin
Rio Pecos
Upton, Crockett
Pecos
University of Texas of the
Jobless rate falls in Basin April brings new jobs
The Permian Basin unemployment rate dropped to 4.7 percent in April, the lowest since 2000, with Odessa Midland at 4.6 percent. About 300 new jobs were created there, and regional unemployment fell by nearly 2,000 over four months as sectors like Natural Resources and Mining, Retail Trade, and Educational Health Services added workers. Debi Mace of the Permian Basin Workforce Development Board expressed optimism as declines continued.
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Texas Workforce Commission
Permian Basin
Odessa-Midland
Odessa- Midland
Odessacore
Punch
Debi Mace
Permian Basin Workforce Development Board
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Lewisville
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Rick Perry
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Odessa
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Ector County
Hamill
Michelle Kwan
Elvis Stojko
Oval Office
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
John Abizaid
Middle East
Richard Myers
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Mark Sterkel
Ninds
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