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Majority texans support local control of fracking, UT poll shows
2015-10-21 15:10:46| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Star-Telegram: A majority of Texans believe cities should be able to ban hydraulic fracturing even if state law otherwise permits it, according to a recent poll conducted by the University of Texas at Austin. In Texas, 57 percent of those surveyed agree that cities should be able to block hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and nationally 58 percent support giving cities that authority, according to the UT Energy Poll released Tuesday. Continued support for local control comes after Gov. Greg Abbott signed...
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Two local girl scouts bring Holiday Train to Wauwatosa
2015-10-21 08:13:31| Railroads - Topix.net
The willpower of two young Wauwatosa Girl Scouts is strong enough to stop a train, at least for a few minutes. Thanks to the hard work of 12-year-old Girl Scouts Michela Miller and Madison Sveum, the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train will stop in Wauwatosa on Dec. 4. Last winter, Miller and Sveum, both of Troop 1185 , were huddled together while standing near the train tracks in Wauwatosa.
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Losing Control: Local Communities Are Standing up for Local Control
2015-10-20 23:02:16| National Farmers Union
By Barbara Patterson, government relations representative, National Farmers Union Local control is eroding across the country and examples abound: in 2014, Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin announced her state would block any city from increasing the minimum wage on the local level; Texas made local fracking bans illegal; and the Supreme Court of Ohio struck down
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One Suit Against Clinton Landfill All But Settled, While Local Group Files New Lawsuit
2015-10-19 23:11:00| Waste Age
Illinois Public Media A suit filed by 14 local governments against the Clinton Landfill is close to being settled. But the landfill in DeWitt County is now facing a new legal challenge. read more
Local Cuisine Gets Chipped For Lay's Contest
2015-10-19 17:24:01| Food Processing
Four of America's favorite local dishes took center stage in the potato chip aisle this summer.
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