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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West Texas
Congress
Bush Administration
Linda Alexander
Agriculture Stabilization and Conservation Service
Ector County
College Station
Office of Management and Budget
Washington, D.C
Gramm-Rudman
Sharon “Welle
Edecuteas Voells
Office of Personnel Management
OMB
U.S. Postal Service
Permian Basin
Alexander
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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U.S
Laura F. Cavazos
United States
Cavazos
Crockett Junior
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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San Antonio
South America
Drug Enforcement Administration
Charles Gutensohn
Peru
Bolivia
Columbia
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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Ector County
U.S
Jon Lauro
Cavazos
Odessa
Crockett
Laura F. Cavazos
Elementa
Ry School
Austin
Ager
Ennifer Gray
Jennifer
Angela Gray
Harvard
Yale
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