The Laredo city council has agreed to spend $1.6 million to build a pilot plant that will field test a new method of desalinating brackish water developed by Texas A&M University researcher Mark Holtzapple.
Dr. G. Kemble Bennett was named director of TEES on March 26 by The Texas A&M University System Board of Regents. He was selected as sole finalist for the position at a telephonic Board of Regents meeting in February.
The Central Texas Rural Transit District (CTRTD) in Coleman has received a $1,296,766 Job Access and Reverse Commute (JARC) Program Grant funded by the Federal Transit Administration through the Texas Department of Transportation (TXDOT).
