Furloughs Could Hit West Texas Federal Workers
Federal employees in West Texas face possible furloughs of up to 22 days without pay between October and December if Congress and the Bush administration fail a budget by Oct 1. Officials note Gramm Rudman Hollings targets and automatic cuts could force nonpay days statewide.
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Ector County
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Office of Management and Budget
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Edecuteas Voells
Office of Personnel Management
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Permian Basin
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Reagan
Ares
Lawyer in hot water over hospital delivery
A Houston attorney faces criticism for delivering free pizzas with business cards to emergency rooms at Taub and Lyndon B. Johnson hospitals over five days. He says the pizzas were gestures to overworked staff, while officials call it inappropriate marketing and ambulance chasing.
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Houston
Houston-area
Lois Moore
Harris County
Reid McInvale
Taub and
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cavazos Urges Education Focus Beyond Money
U S Secretary of Education Laura F Cavazos said education quality depends on community commitment and parental involvement, not just funding. She noted the nation spends more per student than most nations yet lags in science and math, with dropout rates and SAT scores remaining stubborn. Buinger, district official, agreed money alone cannot solve the system’s needs.
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Laura F. Cavazos
United States
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DEA chief says drug war progress despite ongoing South America battle
DEA's Charles Gutensohn says cocaine prices rise and purity falls show progress in Peru Bolivia and Colombia where Medellin cartel is waning. U S agents target coca farms jungle labs and new growers amid a gold rush mentality with farmers earning up to thirty dollars daily for coca leaf work.
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Charles Gutensohn
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Gutensohn
U.S
Secretary Cavazos visits Odessa to award students
Youngsters at Crockett Junior High and Laura F Cavazos Elementary pledge to be good students while Secretary of Education William J. Cavazos, a Texas native, tours Odessa schools. Jennifer Gray vows to attend college and names Harvard or Yale as her choice.
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Cavazos
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Laura F. Cavazos
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Angela Gray
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