Gas rate ruling Senate panel blocks gas rate shift dispute
The Texas Senate Economic Development Committee voted 5-2 against SB243 to shift natural gas rate making from cities to the Railroad Commission. Lone Star Gas and city officials backed the bill while Entex Inc. and Pioneer Natural Gas urged keeping local regulatory control. Lone Star serves 1.1 million customers.
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Austin
Texas
Senate
Texas Railroad Commission
Senate Economic Development Committee
Bill Moore
D-Bryan
Railroad Commission
Lone Star Gas Co
Carol Neaves
Kereas
Don Paschal
Lone Star
Neaves
Entex Inc
Houston
Pioneer Natural Gas
Amarillo
Pecos Councilman Tyree seeks re election to April 7 vote
Councilman Tyree, a seven year Pecos resident, files for re election on the Pecos City Council. He chairs city project committees and now serves on the Convention and Community Center study group. Tyree, his wife Cherry and children Phillip Jr and Tiffany live at 1305 Iowa St. He studied at A M and Harvard Business School and works as field superintendent for the Culberson Property Sulphur Mine overseeing drilling and budgeting. He urges voters to support his re election to maintain financial stability and responsive city government.
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Phillip O. Tyree
Pecos
Duval Corp
Tucson
Ariz
Arizona
Tyree
Duval Sierrita
Culberson
Texas A&m University
Cherry
Phillip Jr
Tiffany
Iowa St
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
Graduate School of Business
Harvard University
Boston
E.W. Schmidt
Fourth Street
Hackberry
Fourth St
Maxey
Pecos Council Approves Pension Increase for Firefighters
The Pecos City Council granted a $25 to $50 monthly retirement boost for Pecos Volunteer Fire Department members, with widows’ benefits rising from $16.66 to $33.33. The plan awaits Reeves County Court and volunteer member approval, and affects those already retired. Total annual cost is $10,851 shared by the town and county.
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Pecos
Pecos City
Reeves County
J.T. Prewit
Prewit
Louis Guerrero
Guerrero
City Cab Company
City of
Dallas
Pecos Sees 87 Degree High Amid Windy March Day
A trace of rain was recorded in Pecos on Wednesday as the temperature reached 87 degrees. A low of 46 degrees this morning accompanied windy conditions. Decreasing cloudiness and generally fair weather are expected through Friday across Pecos and vicinity, with Panhandle to the southwest highs in the upper 70s and lows in the 30s to 40s.
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Pecos
West Texas
Panhandle
Insurance board approves 4.1% state property rate cut
The State Insurance Board ordered a 4.1 percent average statewide reduction in property insurance rates effective July 1. Homeowners policies will see an average 23 percent cut, saving $38 million in premiums for the coming year. Central territory will rise 3.3 percent, while Sea coast drops 7.5 percent and North-Northwest falls 5.7 percent.
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Austin
Texas
State Insurance Board
Dallas
Fort Worth
San Antonio
el Paso
Seacoast
Houston
Beaumont
Port Arthur
Galveston
Corpus Christi
Brownsville
Oklahoma City resident indicted for manslaughter in Reeves County crash
An Oklahoma City resident hospitalized in the Veterans Administration hospital in Big Spring was indicted for involuntary manslaughter after a mid-February head-on crash on State Highway 17 near Pecos. Christopher Guy Lanman, 21, driver of one vehicle, faces bond set at 5,000 as Reeves County Grand Jury indicted him March 19 for the fatal Feb. 13 collision that killed Leonardo Julio Gonzalez, 37, of Ojinaga.
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Oklahoma City
Veterans Administration Hospital
Big Spring
Christopher Guy Lanman
Leonardo Julio Gonzalez
Ojinaga
Gonzalez
Reeves County
Lanman
143Rd Judicial District Court
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S. Cypress
Robert Hinojos
Phillip Tyree
J.J. Maxey
Treasury
Ted Painter
John Dorr
Dorr
Fred P. Armstrong
Bickley
Alpine Lodge
I-20
Country Club
Ruth Wells
Lou Wells
Mrs. Wells
Mary Rent
Sunday House
Chamber of Commerce
Wells
Insurance Board
Amarillo, Lubbock
Midland-Odessa
Abilene
Wichita Falls
San Angelo
Oklahoman
Jack Duke
David Hess
New Mobile
Laddie
Matula
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