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March 29, 2007 |
Private tollway contract a done deal
Corridor Watch
The Texas Department of Transportation and Cintra-Zachry last week quietly signed a final contract for the company to build and operate the Texas 130 tollway southeast of Austin for 50 years. |
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March 27, 2007 |
US Senate committee says 'no' to Mexico
Miscellaneous
WASHINGTON – A plan to allow Mexican trucks to haul freight deep into the US hit a speed bump Thursday when a US Senate panel voted to delay the plan. |
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March 25, 2007 |
Idaho lawmakers want out of SPP
Worldnet Daily
Lawmakers in Idaho have approved a "joint memorial" that urges the U.S. Congress to use "all efforts, energies and diligence" to get the United States out of the Security and Prosperity Partnership, a multinational plan that opponents believe is being used to blend the U.S., Mexico and Canada. |
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March 25, 2007 |
'Don't pave our land' Farm Bureau pleads
Worldnet Daily
Texas farmers are stepping up their opposition to the Trans-Texas Corridor, a massive highway project that ultimately could take about half a million acres of the state out of agricultural production – and according to opponents possibly hasten the advent of a North American Union. |
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March 24, 2007 |
Commerce chief pushes for 'North American integration'
Worldnet Daily
While the Bush administration insists the controversial Security and Prosperity Partnership is just a dialogue with Canada and Mexico, a State Department cable released to WND shows Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez pressing to implement major trilateral initiatives to help "capture the vision of North American integration." |
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March 24, 2007 |
Now scientists create a sheep that's 15% human
The Mail
Scientists have created the world's first human-sheep chimera - which has the body of a sheep and half-human organs. The sheep have 15 per cent human cells and 85 per cent animal cells - and their evolution brings the prospect of animal organs being transplanted into humans one step closer. |
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March 23, 2007 |
Congress stalls Mexican-trucks plan
Arizona Daily Star
WASHINGTON — Mexican trucks could have to wait longer than anticipated to haul freight deep into the United States. The Bush administration in February announced that it would soon allow 100 Mexican trucking companies to travel beyond the current 20-mile limit for a one-year pilot project. |
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March 23, 2007 |
Big Easy to receive mega-ships from China
Worldnet Daily
In a development that further reconfigures the U.S. commercial transportation network into international free trade structures, the Port of New Orleans is positioning itself to receive containers from China through the Panama Canal, taking advantage of links to emerging NAFTA superhighways. |
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March 23, 2007 |
US Congress seeks to avert home foreclosure 'tsunami'
Associated Press
US lawmakers Thursday called on the multitrillion-dollar mortgage industry to tighten up its lending practices and said they were mulling legislation to crack down on predatory lenders. |
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March 23, 2007 |
Illegal immigrants allowed at least five strikes
Houston Chronicle
Documents released in the controversy about eight fired U.S. attorneys show that federal prosecutors in Texas generally have declined to bring criminal charges against illegal immigrants caught crossing the border — until at least their sixth arrest. |
