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Watchdog files complaint against Sam Houston State University over deaths of cows
HUNTSVILLE – Sam Houston State University is the subject of a federal complaint lodged with the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture by a national research watchdog after a FOIA report showed that SHSU confessed to the negligent deaths of 10 cows, a press release states. -
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE: Texas Health and Human Services Commission Agrees to Pay Over $15 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Liability for Deficient SNAP Quality Control
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) has agreed to pay the United States $15,294,360 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in its administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Department of Justice announced. -
USDA, Texas Department of Agriculture OK Texas Rural Challenge commitments
AUSTIN -- The rural development arm of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Texas Department of Agriculture recently signed a commitment to back the University of Texas at San Antonio’s Texas Rural Challenge. The initiative, which is overseen by UT San Antonio’s Institute for Economic Development, secured a commitment to increase access to financing in rural areas of mutual interest July 17. -
National watchdog calls for new federal fine against UTMB
GALVESTON – The University of Texas, Medical Branch (UTMB), has admitted the strangulation death of a monkey in a report filed with a federal agency, according to a national research watchdog group. -
Appellate court upholds $4.5 million judgment against Environmental Processing Systems
BEAUMONT – The Court of Appeals for the 9th District of Texas at Beaumont affirmed a judgment Feb. 5 that found Environmental Processing Systems (EPS) and its president Clark Stegall jointly responsible for debts, penalties and fees amounting to more than $4.5 million. -
Judicially Supervised Plunder
The unexpected retirement of Judge Janice Rogers Brown, 68, from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit will trigger a well-deserved celebration of her extraordinary judicial career, both as a federal appellate judge (since 2005) and previously as a member of the California Supreme Court (1996 to 2005). It will be difficult for President Donald Trump to appoint a replacement that comes anywhere close to filling the shoes of the of the forceful, fearless, and independent Brown, whose nomination by President George W. Bush to the nation’s second most influential court in 2003 was delayed for two years by Democratic opposition.Despite a filibuster in the U.S. Senate, Brown was ultimately confirmed in 2005 by a 56 to 43 vote, when the so-called Gang of 14 reached an agreement to avoid Republicans’ invocation of the “nuclear option.” Hopefully, Brown will continue to serve on the D.C. Circuit as a judge with “senior status.” -
Letter to the editor: The hypocrisy of Paxton and the TCEQ
Paxton and the TCEQ have this great concern for “air quality standards for sulfur dioxide” here in Texas andI agree it should be reviewed. However, here is where the rubber is NOT meeting the road with these two: The land application of municipal industrial, hospital, storm, and household so call processed sewage sludge (Class A, B, and AB). This would be the concentrated contaminated residuals from cleaning sewage. -
Two large Texas mortgage lenders hit with $94 million fine
HOUSTON -- The reverberations of the 2008 housing market collapse and financial meltdown continue to be felt. -
Finding rural solutions to climate change
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New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County, July 26-Aug. 1, 2012. -
New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County
New business licenses/assumed names issued in Jefferson County, June 2-8, 2011. -
Texas woman sues ConAgra over tainted pot pie
MARSHALL -- Shortly after eating a Banquet pot pie, an East Texas woman claims she became very ill and was hospitalized for five days. -
Dayton residents sue US government over auto collision in Kansas
Two local residents have filed a federal lawsuit, alleging a government employee caused an auto collision. -
Legally Speaking: Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction, Part 1 of 2
Friends and family regularly ask me when I'm going to turn my time and literary energies to writing a courtroom thriller a l� John Grisham. -
Electric co-op sues Sierra Club for trying to stop coal-fired generators
MARSHALL � The East Texas Electric Cooperative claims the actions of the Sierra Club to stop the co-op from constructing coal-fired generators will only result in higher electric bills for rural customers, according to a recent lawsuit. -
Stockyards Act created in 1921 to protect competition in meat, poultry industry
The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently reinterpreted the Packers and Stockyards Act in a case by poultry farmers against Pilgrim's Pride. -
Tyson faces Arkansas class action over chicken labeling
TEXARKANA, Ark. � Shortly after an injunction barring Tyson Foods from advertising that its chicken products do not contain antibiotics, consumers are filing class actions claiming the poultry giant used deceptive marketing. -
Legally Speaking: The food poisoning lawyer
If you're still snacking on Thanksgiving leftovers, this column just may jumpstart your diet plans. -
Lawmakers visit fuel lab at LU
U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, center, and U.S. Reps. Ted Poe and Kevin Brady, made a recent visit to the Advanced Fuel Cell Research lab at Lamar University. Lamar University is on the front lines of developing new energy systems for the U.S. military with its Advanced Fuel Cell Research laboratory.