Author Soto Inspires Students at Local School Visit
About 150 students and parents met author Soto at the school cafeteria gym on Thursday night in a turnout despite cold and rain. Teachers praised his Mexican American culture themed humor and bilingual writing, noting the impact on both students and reading programs funded by a district Education Foundation grant worth about $4,000 in Soto’s books for classroom libraries.
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Oil Prices Slide Yet Hedgeable As Service Costs Fall
Rigs the regional Plains West Texas posting bench mark ended at 56.25 per barrel on Friday while service costs drop in the 30 percentile range during six months of activity declines. Latigo Petroleum president Kirk Edwards says hedging can protect wells at the same economics as 100 oil amid cheaper services. Price stability and several factors including stockpiles demand and external production could limit drilling, with Wood Mackenzie and Ray Perryman forecasting a positive but cautious year ahead. Odessa unemployment rose slightly while analysts warn of mixed momentum.
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Odessa jobless figures show little change in April
The Texas Workforce Commission reports Odessa unemployment at about 3,200 in April, roughly unchanged from March, with the 3.8 percent rate. Local officials warn data may understate losses as layoffs by Schlumberger, Baker Hughes, Weatherford, and Halliburton are not regionally broken out. Permian Basin Workforce Solutions cites about 6,000 regional job losses, while Willie Taylor notes outside workers returning home skew local claims. He anticipates a steadier second half and possible stabilization.
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MOSC Summer Music Camp Opens Registration
The Midland Odessa Symphony and Chorale announces its third MOSC Summer Music Camp for students entering grades 3 through 7. The two week session July 6 to 16 runs weekdays 9 am to noon with Fridays off, at MOSC Administrative Offices 3100 LaForce Midland. Fee is 80 dollars per student.
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Capitol News Act Aims Big Texas Budget Fight
The first budget under Gov. Greg Abbott spends heavily on border security and tax cuts while defunding a Perry era program. The roughly $210 billion bill awaits final House and Senate approval before June adjournment, with Abbott delivering more than $800 million for border security in five months.
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Texas Education Receives About 1.5 Billion Boost
Texas classrooms gain roughly 1.5 billion extra funding with about 100 dollars per student after a quiet legislative session on school finance. An ongoing lawsuit over education funding hangs in the Texas Supreme Court, with a decision expected later this year that could push lawmakers back to Austin to craft a new system.
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Planned Parenthood removed from state funding list
Two years after tough abortion limits were enacted Republicans pull Planned Parenthood from a state cancer screening program for low income women. The move cuts funding to over a dozen clinics not providing abortions on-site and follows a $3.8 billion GOP tax cut package. Critics say property tax relief will be offset by higher assessments. Disabled-rights activists blocked Abbott's office protesting wages for attendants. Abbott urges more funding but the $10 hourly target remains unmet.
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Open Carry Bill Debated as Senate Talks Stall
Texas Republicans push two firearms bills, but Senate debate stalls as leaders seek a Friday vote on licensed open carry and announce a House deal to permit concealed handguns in college classrooms while bipartisan efforts to curb police demands on open carry complicate quick passage.
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