High Plains Report - Economic Development

Conaway, Williams stage Capitol FutureGen confab

tony — Fri, 02 Mar 2007 14:54:35 -0600

Bob Campbell
Staff Writer
Midland Reporter-Telegram

03/02/2007

Texas backers of bringing the $1 billion experimental coal-fired FutureGen electrical plant to the Permian Basin will dance the "Texas Two-Step" to make it happen.

Competing against the Southeast Texas coal-mining town of Jewett and the railroad centers of Mattoon and Tuscola, Ill., regional efforts to put the plant north of the 1930s oilfield ghost town of Penwell were boosted at a Tuesday powwow in Washington. Penwell is 20 miles west of Odessa.

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Seliger-Cook bills boost FutureGen

tony — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:38:46 -0600

Bob Campbell
Staff Writer
Midland Reporter-Telegram

02/14/2007

Trying to build f momentum toward the September award of the $1 billion FutureGen project, state Sen. Kel Seliger on Monday filed a bill to give the two Texas bids an advantage over their Illinois competition.

Retail development on South Side spurs explosive growth

tony — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 11:48:57 -0600

Colin Guy

Staff Writer
Midland Reporter-Telegram

02/11/2007

- South Side valuations nearly double over two-year period, outpacing citywide growth.

When retail behemoth Wal-Mart announced its intention to construct a new supermarket off Interstate 20, many South Side residents were elated by the prospect of a ripple effect that would stimulate economic activity, while some local business owners feared the potential consequences of competing with the nation's largest retailer.

Isett’s Taxpayer Protection Act to be filed again

tony — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 09:58:27 -0600

According to a news release from State Representative Carl Isett (R-Lubbock), the Lubbock legislator will file his Taxpayer Protection Act for the fourth session in a row. The Taxpayer Protection Act is the basis for one of the recommendations in the report by the Governor’s Task Force on Appraisal Reform.The report recommends lowering the allowable increase in tax revenues received by local governments from 8% to 5% of last year's revenues.

Perry calls for deeper tax cuts

admin — Mon, 17 Apr 2006 17:32:57 -0500

The state surplus has hit $8.2 billion, an amount so large that it could tempt lawmakers to forego a major tax overhaul as they begin a special session today focused on paying for school finance.

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