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In Mays general election, one of the races voters will be making their voices heard on is who will be four members of the city council for Amarillo for the next term. The new members of the city council will join the person elected to be Amarillos mayor, a race which is also on Mays election ballot. A preview for that specific race ran previously in print and is available on the Amarillo Globe-News website. The Globe-News reached out to all 12 candidates running for the four places on Amaril...

Back in the ’90s, if you had asked Rita Beving if Dallas would ever pass a climate plan, she would have laughed and said “good luck.” But the City Council passed Dallas first Comprehensive Environmental and Climate Action Plan last year. The plan lays out 97 actions the city can take to help reach eight climate-related goals, including making buildings more efficient and ensuring communities breathe clean air. The citys Office of Environmental Quality is largely in charge of the plans...

A look at the past from the pages of the Pine River Journal

Jane F. Barrett, a trial lawyer, state and federal prosecutor, white-collar defense counsel and legal educator, has died at 68.

Punch Newspapers Sections Olufemi Olaniyi, Ibadan Oyo State Government has announced the suspension of the monthly environmental sanitation and the restriction of movement which normally characterise the exercise The Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Idowu Oyeleke, said this in a statement on Wednesday. The state government urged residents of the state to ensure daily cleaning of their environments because sanitation exercise had now become an everyday activity. He started...

Akinwale Aboluwade  At least 40 persons were arrested in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Saturday for breaching the environmental sanitation laws. Also impounded during the monthly sanitation exercise were 50 vehicles and 75 motorcycles. The taskforce, led by the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Oyeleke, included the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Bashir Olanrewaju; Chairman, Environmental Task Force, Francis Ojomo; Special Assistant to the Governor...

Punch Newspapers Sections Wale Oyewale No fewer than 40 persons were arrested in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Saturday for violating the environmental sanitation law in the state. Also impounded during the monthly sanitation exercise were 50 vehicles and 75 motorcycles. The enforcement team, led by the Commissioner for Environment and Natural Resources, Dr. Abdulateef Oyeleke, included the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Dr. Bashir Olanrewaju; Chairman, Environmental Task Force, Franc...