William Sowder News Today

In a very eventful year, it was hard to narrow it down to just 10 stories.

Sowder denied modifications to his original judgment in response to requests from both the city of Amarillo and Fairlys legal team after the ruling.

The city's mayor says clarity is needed on debt issuance practices in the wake of the ruling.

The mayor says this filing is less about the Civic Center project and more about clarifying conflicts that the ruling has with current state law.

Incumbent U.S. Rep. Ronny Jackson, R-Amarillo, was the featured speaker Tuesday evening at an Republican womens event.

A Texas judge ruled the Amarillo City Council did not provide sufficient notice to the public prior to its approval of $260 million of tax anticipation notes.

The city of Amarillo received a ruling from Judge William Sowder voiding its civic center plan to issue tax notes to renovate its aged facility.

Legal teams for Amarillo and Alex Fairly argued their cases before Judge William Sowder of Potter County in the 320th District Court on Tuesday.

Arguments concluded Wednesday in the city of Amarillo’s trial to move forward on its civic center project using tax anticipation notes.

The city of Amarillo, Alex Fairlys legal team and the Texas Attorney Generals Office presented their arguments to Judge Sowder on Tuesday.