No Sweat: Water Fund Resolution Passes the House
by Emily Mathis / Posted on | No CommentsAfter a short debate, Senate Joint Resolution 1 easily in the House, letting voters approve creating a fund for state water planning projects.
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Water, MUD and Beer: Recipe for an Explosive Hill Country Development Fight
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | 6 CommentsIn hindsight, perhaps Greg LaMantia, a scion of a South Texas family who made its fortune as a regional Budweiser distributor, shouldn’t have named his 5,000-acre spread near Wimberley “Needmore Ranch.”
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Funding for State Water Plan Derailed in the House
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | No CommentsWhile rain slicked the streets of Austin, lawmakers heatedly debated legislation that would use $2 billion from the state’s Rainy Day Fund to fund the state water plan, an increasingly urgent issue for lawmakers. But, after hours of stop-and-go debate, a procedural error derailed the legislation.
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Texas Senate OKs ‘Hotter’ Waste for West Texas
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | No CommentsHarold Simmons’ West Texas radioactive waste empire got a boost today after the Texas Senate passed legislation allowing Waste Control Specialists to accept “hotter” radioactive waste at its dump. The final vote was 24-7. Waste Control, a Simmons-controlled company, operates a growing radioactive waste dump green-lighted by the Legislature in 2003.
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Senate Committee Votes Out Legislation Limiting Citizen Challenges to Polluters
by Forrest Wilder / Posted on | No CommentsIt’s never been easy fighting powerful polluters in Texas. A bill approved by a Senate committee today would make it even harder.
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