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1 week ago | 
baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers
It’s been a long time since I was in school. At first, all my classmates were white like me. I learned some cool things and met some special people when schools integrated midway through my “Wonder Years.”My world expanded WAY more when I went to college. There were people of all races and beliefs and many, many nationalities sharing space and ideas with me. We held hands across America and taught the world to sing. kA 4=2DDlQA`Qm%96D6 52JD[ 2 >:?@C:EJ @7 E96 A@AF=2E:@?
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1 week ago | 
baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers
The U.S government’s clean energy cuts sliced through Baytown Friday. A $332 million carbon reduction project at ExxonMobil’s Baytown Olefins Plant and a $270 million cost-sharing agreement in a carbon capture plant at Calpine’s Baytown Energy Center were among 24 projects that had their funds cut. kA 4=2DDlQAbQmx? 2==[ E96 s6A2CE>6?E @7 t?6C8J H:E95C6H Sb]f 3:==:@? H@CE9 @7 2H2C5D 6I64FE65 3J E96 ~77:46 @7 r=62? t?6C8J s6>@?DEC2E:@?D @7 7@C>6C !C6D:56?E y@6 q:56?’D 25>:?:DEC2E:@? :? a_ac 2?5 :?
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1 week ago | 
baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers
While State Rep. Terri Leo Wilson applauded the $8.5 billion public school finance bill, House Bill 2, as “the largest new investment in education and teacher pay in Texas history,” Barbers Hill superintendent Greg Poole wasn’t so cheery. HB 2 provides districts an average increase of $55 per-student to their base funding while setting aside a new pot of money for schools’ insurance, transportation, utilities and other costs. kA 4=2DDlQAbQm%96 =68:D=2E:@?
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2 weeks ago | 
baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers
While Congressional Republicans were split by all the cuts proposed in President Donald Trump’s “big beautiful” budget bill, Baytown’s Meals on Wheels is bracing for some pretty steep cuts.
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2 weeks ago | 
baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers
A former track and cross-country runner at Baytown Sterling, Morgan Gilbert returned to Baytown in 2020 to open a healthy eating business with her husband, Jamari. When she was diagnosed with an autoimmune disease called Hashimoto’s Thyroiditis, she attacked it as a chef might. kA 4=2DDlQAbQmkDA2? 4=2DDlQD`Qm“(96? J@F’C6 5:28?@D65[ J@F >:89E 92G6 A6@A=6 8@ E@ v@@8=6 2?5 E96J’C6 =:<6[ ‘~z[ H92E 2C6 E96 DJ>AE@>Dn’ %9:?8D =:<6 E92E[” D96 D2:5]k^DA2?mk^AmkA 4=2DDlQAbQmkDA2?
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3 weeks ago | 
baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers
The forecast for the 2025 Atlantic hurricane season, which begins June 1, is stormier than normal but not as severe as a year ago. The Colorado State University forecasts are relied upon by the National Weather Service and predict 2025 will see 17 named storms, nine hurricanes and four major hurricanes. That’s roughly 125% of the normal count for the previous two decades, 14 named storms, seven hurricanes and three major hurricanes.
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3 weeks ago | 
baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers
If Baytown’s Partners In Education awarded rings instead of plaques, the folks at ExxonMobil’s Baytown Technology and Engineering Complex would be flexing today with “one for the thumb.”BTEC was named Partner of the Year for its employees’ work with Robert E. Lee High School in a highlight of the annual Partners In Education and Scholarship Recognition Luncheon put on Tuesday by the Baytown Chamber of Commerce at the Hilton Garden Inn.
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4 weeks ago | 
baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers
A bond adviser predicted the City of Baytown could tackle up to one-fourth of its $1 billion in 10-year capital improvement needs and not raise taxes. No decision has been made to call the city’s first bond election since 2007, but a citizen’s bond advisory board met for the third time May 6 to consider the possibility. kA 4=2DDlQAbQmy@6 |@CC@H @7 w:==E@A $64FC:E:6D 6IA=2:?65 E@ E96 `d\>6>36C 4@>>:EE66 E92E :E 4@F=5 AFE E@86E96C 2 Sad_\>:==:@? A24<286 @7 a_\J62C 86?6C2= @3=:82E:@?
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1 month ago | 
baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers
Mark Warren says the two years he spent working at Baytown’s Sterling Municipal Library sparked his interest in great writing. This week, the Highlands native won the 2025 Pulitzer Prize in Feature Writing. kA 4=2DDlQAbQm%96 `hg` q2JE@H? $E6C=:?8 8C25 D2:5 {66 r@==686 H2D H96C6 “x 8@E E96 >@DE :>A@CE2?E A2CE @7 >J 65F42E:@?]”k^AmkA 4=2DDlQAbQm(2CC6? H2D 7@C >2?J J62CD 2? 65:E@C 2E tDBF:C6 |282K:?6[ H96C6 9:D AC:K6\H:??:?8 DE@CJ[ “p s62E9 :?
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1 month ago | 
baytownsun.com | Dave Rogers
It may have escaped notice by a lot of people but Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller reminded me the other day that May is National Beef Month. It’s a month-long celebration recognizing the importance of the beef industry and the people who work in it. kAmx 46=63C2E65 q667 |@?E9 H:E9 D@>6 >:?:\E24@D 7C@> q@42?68C2’D z:E496?[ a`c (] %6I2D pG6] %96J @776C 7@FC 49@:46D @7 AC@E6:? E@ DEF77 :? E96 5@H?D:K65 D@7E 4@C?
