SOUTHEAST TEXAS RECORD

Recent News About Port Arthur Mayor

• Southeast Texas honors Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison

  By The SE Texas Record | Tuesday, Apr 10, 2012 @ 8:18am

  U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R) was the guest of honor at a luncheon held at the Holiday Inn in Beaumont on April 10.

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• Valero breaks ground on $2.4 billion expansion project

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Thursday, Aug 14, 2008 @ 6:19am

  U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX), third from left, was joined by other state and local elected officials in Port Arthur on Aug. 13 for the groundbreaking of Valero's $2.4 billion expansion project. As U.S. gas prices continue to climb, the American petrochemical industry is taking steps to increase the nation's refining capacity.

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• De-benched Bartie makes run for county commissioner

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Tuesday, Dec 18, 2007 @ 9:43am

  Thurman Bartie may be banned from ever serving as a judge again, but that is not stopping the former justice of the peace from trying for a county seat.

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• Cornyn tours Port Arthur's Motiva Refinery, highlights significance of expansion for national security

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Wednesday, Aug 8, 2007 @ 8:23am

  PORT ARTHUR-U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, joined Port Arthur Mayor Deloris Prince and other local officials in touring the Motiva Refinery in Port Arthur on Aug. 7.

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• Kelley, crowd turn Valero meeting into shouting match

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Tuesday, Aug 7, 2007 @ 9:58am

  Hilton Kelley, environmental activist, shouts at Valero Refinery officials at a public forum. PORT ARTHUR -- Earlier this year, self-appointed environmental activist Hilton Kelley tried to throw a kink in Motiva Enterprises' plans for a $5 billion expansion of its Port Arthur refinery.

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• Army agrees to stop VX shipments until July hearing

  By Marilyn Tennissen | Thursday, Jun 21, 2007 @ 6:47am

  The U.S. Army has agreed to stop shipments of VX nerve gas wastewater to Port Arthur until a federal judge hears the case.

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