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3 bills tied to EPISD on way to governor
El Paso :: TX :: USA | 4 days ago
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Three bills filed in response to El Paso County school scandals are headed to the governor. The bills passed the Texas Senate on Friday as the legislative session enters its final days. Filed in response to cheating in the El Paso Independent School
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Texas House gets caught up in vote over state lottery
El Paso :: TX :: USA | 24 days ago
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To read them as they happen, go to elpasotimes.typepad.com/capitol. Lottery follies continue The Texas House was mired in debate all week about the state lottery -- one day after representatives voted to kill it and then reversed themselves. On
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Texas bill would allow El Paso input on quarry leases
El Paso :: TX :: USA | 1 month ago
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Ignoring input from city officials, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson last October ordered El Paso to give a quarry lease to an El Paso businessman who is also one of Patterson's top campaign contributors. If the city refused, the land
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Company eyes El Paso, Elbert counties for drilling
Colorado Springs :: CO :: USA | 1 month ago
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A subsidiary of Denver-based NexGen Oil & Gas expects to begin drilling one or two exploratory wells in Elbert County or El Paso County by late summer. Mustang Creek has completed 3-D seismic mapping of 20 square miles in the two counties and is
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Benefits vs. risks: Debate over fracking not going away
Boulder :: CO :: USA | 1 month ago
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Ultra Resources has shelved plans for drilling in the area after its wells in eastern El Paso County produced disappointing results; Ultra is waiting to see what another company, Hilcorp Energy, uncovers. But critics of drilling aren't being
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El Paso County proposed Tornillo regulatory zone gets smaller
Mexico City :: Mexico | 1 month ago
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El Paso County is currently asking the state legislature to pass a bill that allows it to have zoning authority around the new border crossing to avoid incompatible land uses. State Rep. Mary Gonzalez, D-El Paso, is sponsoring the bill in the House
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Bill to hike pay for Colorado governor, others could face gun fallout
Colorado Springs :: CO :: USA | 2 months ago
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Font Resize The Denver Post A state senator working on a bill that would raise the salaries for the governor and the rest of the executive branch said it's unfortunate the issue might be linked a recent brouhaha over gun legislation and raising pay
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DWI operation in El Paso runs during spring break
El Paso :: TX :: USA | 2 months ago
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The El Paso police DWI Task Force, El Paso County sheriff's deputies and the Texas Department of Public Safety will take part in the operation, which will start at 8 p.m. and run through 4 a.m...The operation coincides with spring break for schools
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El Paso County sheriff releases e-mails he says show gun politics killed pay raises
Denver :: CO :: USA | 2 months ago
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The e-mails date to mid February , when Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle a Democrat reported from a meeting between the state's salary commission and Senate President John Morse that the Colorado Springs Democrat was "fundamentally opposed to a
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Ultra's search for oil in area was always a gamble, experts say
Colorado Springs :: CO :: USA | 2 months ago
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The future of oil and gas exploration in El Paso County now rests on the shoulders of Hilcorp Energy Co. Ultra Petroleum has abandoned plans for future exploration or production within the county after test results from one of its wells showed oil
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