Texas delegation requests close to $2 billion in funding request earmarks
Over half of the Texas delegation requested funds, including eight Republicans.
An American Airlines plane makes its way towards the runway before taking off at DFW International Airport on Monday, November 16, 2020.(Vernon Bryant / Staff Photographer)
Earmarks are back.
The congressional practice of members essentially hand-picking projects was banned from Congress in the early 2000s after it became synonymous with “pork barrel” legislation. But it’s been given another chance under a new system.
Twenty-one members from Texas’ 35-member congressional delegation the 6th Congressional District in North Texas currently is open requested a total of close to $2 billion for fiscal 2022. Every Texas Democrat and eight Texas Republicans Reps. Dan Crenshaw of Houston, August Pfluger of San Angelo, Pete Sessions of Waco, Troy Nehls of Richmond, John Carter of Round Rock, Beth Van Duyne of Irving, Mich
Wed May 05, 2021 - West Edition #10
Irwin Rapoport â CEG Correspondent
Crews placed a major focus on the partial demolition of the I-635 mainlane bridge sections at Garland Avenue, Jupiter Road and Plano Road underpasses, which were completed in late spring.
Construction of the $1.7 billion 11-mi.â¯635â¯East Project that is reconstructing and widening I-635â¯from U.S. 75 to I-30, including the I-635/I-30 interchange, began in spring 2020.
Pegasus Link Constructors (PLC) was awarded the contract from the Texas Department of Transportation in May 2019, which has the joint-venture of Fluor Enterprises Inc. and Balfour Beatty Inc. managing the design and construction of the project. Substantial completion is anticipated in late 2024.
Dallas Jan 2, 2020
Someday you could hop a bullet train in downtown Dallas and arrive in Houston in fewer than 90 minutes. The trip would save North Texans time. But beyond the four hours of drive time or a trip to the airport, it also could be the cleanest and safest way to travel between the two cities, according to Texas Central, the. Dallas Jan 2, 2020
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DART bus driver just missed by stray bullet during Oak Cliff route
The shooting reportedly took place in the middle of the day at a bus stop on Sunnyvale Street.
A passenger waits for a DART bus in this file photo. A bus driver narrowly avoided a stray bullet in Oak Cliff on Tuesday.(Ashley Landis / Staff Photographer)
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A Dallas Area Rapid Transit driver was just missed by a stray bullet in Oak Cliff on Tuesday.
KDFW-TV (Channel 4) reports that the shooting happened around 1 p.m. near a bus stop on Sunnyvale Street. A passenger said he saw the gunman shoot at a vehicle but the bullet went between him and the bus driver.