Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) on Wednesday issued the following statement after Vice President Kamala Harris announced she would be going to the El Paso sector of the southern border. Congressman Gonzales’ district encompasses over 820 miles of the U.S.-Mexico border, over 40 percent of the total southern border.
Listed below is the agenda for the Fort Stockton City Council meeting on Tuesday, June 22, starting at 5:30 p.m. at city hall.
Items of note include awarding a request for qualifications for the city’s new rec center. F.T. James Construction Inc./Alvidrez Architecture Inc., PSRBB Architects/Banes Construction, MW Builders, Inc. and Spartan Construction turned in bids.
The School Board for the Fort Stockton ISD will hold a special meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, June 21 at the school’s administration building at 101 W. Division.
Among the agenda items is giving the superintendent the final hiring authority for contract employees. Currently the superintendent only has the hiring authority for non-contract school employees.
Texas Senate Bill 2116, now known as the Lone Star Infrastructure Protection Act, passed unanimously through the Texas House and Senate, was signed into law by Governor Abbott on June 5 and is effective immediately. The law prohibits companies from China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran from investing in projects connected to Texas's critical infrastructure, including the electrical grid.
