News

Fort Stockton’s city council, at its April 10 meeting, heard an update on the Blue Ridge Farms property the city owns off County Road 109. 

Alex Gonzalez with BioCatters LLC – an investment and management group looking to develop renewable fuels and energy sources that the City of Fort Stockton has contracted with – said that improvements are being made to access the property, and plans are forthcoming to improve roads, gates and cattle guards onsite. 

The Texas House approved a $302 billion budget last week that included an amendment prohibiting the use of state money on private school tuition — a major setback to Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to establish a school voucher system. The Austin American-Statesman reported that more than 20 Republicans joined nearly all House Democrats to pass the amendment, while 11 lawmakers voted present.

The amendment is seen as a rebuke to Abbott, who has traveled the state pushing what he calls “school choice.”