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Mayor White traveled to Austin two weeks ago to speak to the state legislature about SB 1317, a bill that would prevent cities from creating ordinances that protect air quality. It was no secret that the bill was targeted at the mayor's recent move to minimize the pollution caused by refineries that lie outside Houston city limits. The bill, authored by State Sen. Mike Jackson (R - LaPorte), was passed by the Senate yesterday, despite... more ›

Mayor Bill White will be in Austin this afternoon to testify before the State Senate Natural Resources Committee considering a bill that would strip cities of their ability to create ordinances that protect air quality. The bill, SB 1317 was authored by State Sen. Mike Jackson, a Republican from LaPorte (surprised?), and its captions lets us know that it is "relating to prohibiting a municipality from enacting regulations on air pollution that apply outside its... more ›

State Sen. Mike Jackson's League City office had something of a 9/11 scare yesterday when one worker opened a letter that contained a white, powdery substance. The immediate thought was, of course, anthrax (no, not that one), and the office was evacuated. Lamoin Scott, Jackson's League City district director, opened the letter and read a portion of it, which he said was about something the writer had asked Jackson to do but had not seen... more ›