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Friday, February 22, 2008
TxDOT official: Plans for massive TTC will likely change
In what may have been the first hint of victory for opponents of the Trans Texas Corridor, a high-ranking Texas Department of Transportation official said Thursday he regretted his agency’s communication failures and said one proposed version of the corridor, a 10-lane super highway with rail and utility pathways, will “probably not” be built in East Texas, based on the overwhelming resistance to the idea expressed at public hearings on the project this month.
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Phil Mahar resigns as NISD trustee
Before any action was taken at Thursday night’s Nacogdoches ISD board meeting, Trustee Phil Mahar submitted his resignation as a member of the school board due to the fact that his family purchased a home which is inside the school district, but outside the district in which he was elected to serve — District IV.
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Candidates tout their qualifications
Candidates running for local offices shined up their shoes and put on their game faces Thursday night for a public forum held by the Nacogdoches County Peace Officers Association and the Police Officers Special Support Enterprise at the Nacogdoches County Courthouse annex building.
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Recalled meat to be buried in landfill
Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples has given Texas school districts and other entities the green light to dispose of beef that was recalled earlier this week by the U.S Department of Agriculture due to an investigation that revealed some cattle did not receive complete and proper inspection at the Chino-based Westland/Hallmark Meat Co., according to a press release issued by TDA.
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Education expert says Texas must reform to stay competitive
In a talk Thursday that emphasized education as a critical factor in economic success, a Washington D.C. policy analyst delivered a broad view of the benefits of education and a host of unflattering statistics about education in Texas to attendees of the Lone Star Legislative Summit at SFA.
