Texas House passes juvenile crime bill and UT A&M move
The Texas House approved a bill increasing juvenile penalties and expanding detention while lowering transfer age to 16. It would fund 1,448 new beds for the Texas Youth Commission and create a statewide juvenile data system. A separate measure to relocate Texas A&M International University to the UT system faces House scrutiny.
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Texas House
House
George W. Bush
Bush
Senate
Texas Youth Commission
Zaffirini
Laredo
Texas A&m International University
University of Texas
Jeff Wentworth
The
Houston Chronicle
TAMU
Leo Sayavedra
A&m
Slow Down Saves Lives In Suburban Driveway Tragedy
A family recounts losing their dog Carom after a speeding car hit her near their home. The account urges drivers to slow in residential areas, noting a two mile road at 40 mph takes three minutes and at 70 mph just 1 minute 43 seconds.
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Carom
Texans debate public land use near Corpus Christi
A Kingsville paper reports Rep Irma Rangel has filed House Bills 1926 and 1927 to convert 58000 acres of state owned public land along Padre Island Baffin Bay and adjacent waters into a wildlife sanctuary banning hunting or guns. Senators Truan and Rangel back the measure. The bills were sent March 6 to the State Recreational Resources Committee chaired by Rep Ed Kuempel with no hearings set.
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Kleberg
Kenny Counties
Corpus Christi
Padre Island
Baffin Bay
Kingsville
Irma Rangel
King and Kenny Ranches
Texas
Colorado
Rangel
Carlos Truan
Rep
Dorothy Brymer
Arlington Cemetery origin and Civil War burial site choices
The piece notes Arlington Plantation’s transformation into Arlington National Cemetery after the First Battle of Bull Run in 1861. It credits Shelby Foote for highlighting the issue of government seizure of private property and cites President Lincoln assigning Arlington as a burial ground for thousands of war dead.
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Arlington Cemetery
Shelby Foote
Bull Run
Manassas
Irwin McDowell
Lincoln
Arlington
Arlington Planta
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Bill Clements
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Lyndell Williams
Sterling Texas Press Association
OTR
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Wilson County Crime Stoppers, Inc
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