TEXAS SENATE APPROVES $152.2 BILLION BUDGET Houston Chronicle 4/12/07 The Texas Senate approved a two-year, $152.2 billion state budget bill today despite criticism that ranged from a charge that it starves government to a lament that growing expenditures are choking the middle class without improving the state. METRO CEO SAYS PROPOSED BILLS WILL HURT BUSINESS Houston Chronicle 4/11/07 At a…
By Ella Tyler The City of Houston’s Planning Department, as part of its Urban Corridor Planning, is holding a series of workshops so residents can participate in planning for growth along METRO’s light rail and guided rapid transit corridors.
Editorial by Ted Lee Eubanks, President Fermata Inc. The forests and forest industry of East Texas are undergoing radical change. All of the major timber companies (like the paper companies in Maine) are divesting themselves of forest lands they have owned and managed for decades.