TXU rate hike rejected by Texas Railroad Commission
The Texas Railroad Commission, in a 2-1 vote, denied TXU Gas the ability to recoup 130 million dollars from ratepayers for pipe work. Commissioner Morgan voiced disappointment, while Carrillo and Matthews argued the costs should not be passed to consumers. The dispute centers on safety-driven removals under prior agreements.
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TXU Gas
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Morgan
Texas
Victor Carrillo
Charles Matthews
Carrillo
TXU
National Transportation Safety Board
Foster parenting in a county home with four children
Diane Dalton, a single parent and physical education teacher at Zavala Elementary, leads a county program housing 84 children across 21 homes. She has fostered 41 children in ten years, including two of her own sons and youths aged from a day old to 16.
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Cinderanealy
Odessa
Diane Dalton
Dyllan
Brandon
Dalton
Zavala Elementary
Texas A&m University
Dalton’s
Foster parenting challenges amid separated children
A Texas county weighs how to help children separated from families with foster programs. Volunteers describe low active families, costs, and stress in caring for grieving abused or neglected youths. State rules cap six foster children per home and require 40 square feet per child.
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Lavonne Vossler
Ector County Child Welfare Board
Wiese
County workers gain floating holiday amid courthouse shutdown
Ector County commissioners voted 3-1 to grant a floating holiday for staff as the courthouse will be closed for Memorial Day weekend for transformer replacements. Power will be cut at noon Thursday, Civigenics jail runs on generators, and payroll concerns arise for unworked hours. Judge Jerry Caddel proposed treating Friday as vacation. Commissioner Bob Bryant labeled the plan unfair to employees. Auditor David Austin suggested declaring Friday a holiday. Graff sought broader building closures.
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Ector County
Commissioners Court
Jerry Caddel
Civigenics
Precinct 4
Bob Bryant
David Austin
Precinct 3
Barbara Graff
Caddel
Jury awards defense fund drive for Danny Cook Jr
In Liberty Kentucky on July 30 2003 police officer Danny Cook Jr faced a domestic disturbance call at an address visited five times that day. He confronted 6 foot 5 inch 300 pound Leon Brown who fought despite restraint attempts and pepper spray. Cook fired one shot after Brown hurled items from the kitchen and died later.
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Liberty
Danny Cook Jr
Cook
Leon Brown
Brown
Dcdefenseky.com
Odessa fund aid grows for Kentucky officer in shooting case
Dan Cook Sr reports Odessa residents contributed $1,657 of a $9,900 defense fund for Danny Cook Jr., the Louisville area officer indicted after the July 30 2003 Liberty Ky incident. The drive drew 27 donations from Odessa out of 144, with former Odessans contributing another near $1,000. The first trial ended in a hung jury, with the plan to retry on June 11.
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Louisville
Dan Cook
Odessa
Liberty
Danny Cook Jr
Leon Brown
Bill Cook
Dan Cook Sr
Immanuel Baptist Church
Cook
Cook Sr
Steve Schroering
Steve
Danny
Schroering
Harold Lewallen
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