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Rangers on Calhoun DFA: ‘Opportunities run out’
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ARLINGTON, Texas — Willie Calhoun, the Texas Rangers’ major acquisition within the 2017 deadline commerce that despatched Yu Darvish to the Los Angeles Dodgers, was designated for task on Sunday.
Calhoun, 27, had been optioned to Triple-A Spherical Rock early final month after hitting .136 in 18 video games with one house run and two RBIs after which requested a commerce. He hit .221 with 4 homers and 15 RBIs with Spherical Rock.
Calhoun got here to Texas with pitcher A.J. Alexy and infielder Brendon Davis on July 31, 2017, for Darvish, then a four-time All-Star with the Rangers.
Calhoun hit .241 in six seasons with Texas. His finest season was 2019, when he hit .269 with 21 homers and 48 RBIs.
Calhoun suffered a damaged jaw throughout spring coaching 2020 when he was hit by a pitch and performed solely 29 video games that yr. His 2021 season resulted in June when he was hit by a pitch that fractured his left forearm.
Rangers president Jon Daniels stated the choice to designate Calhoun wasn’t troublesome and was unrelated to Calhoun’s commerce request.
“Sooner or later the alternatives run out,” Daniels stated.
Calhoun was designated for task to make room on the 40-man roster for outfielder Steele Walker, whose contract was chosen from Spherical Rock. The left-handed-hitting Walker, 25, hit .297 in 20 video games this season with Spherical Rock. He was scheduled to make his main league debut Sunday at house in opposition to Seattle.
Texas additionally optioned infielder Andy Ibanez to Spherical Rock on Sunday.
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Texas Water Board details how it will spend $1 billion for water infrastructure projects
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ODESSA — Texas last week began dividing $1 billion in taxpayer approved money among different types of water infrastructure and supply projects.
Most of the money will go toward low-interest loan programs to help cities and water systems upgrade drinking water systems and water conservation projects.
At least $45 million will be reserved for communities with fewer than 1,000 residents. And about $130 million will go to towns with 1,001 and 10,000 residents. The Texas Water Development Board, the agency responsible for the state’s water supply and managing this money, also set aside $20 million for high-risk projects.
Texas is losing billions of gallons of water each year due to outdated water infrastructure. Smaller rural towns that lack a taxbase are particularly behind in updating their pipes and valves. State lawmakers in 2023 asked voters to approve the $1 billion to help municipalities fix broken pipes.
While water advocates are excited for the $1 billion to begin flowing to local water systems, it will not be enough to solve the state’s water woes.
The water board said the state will have to spend $80 billion by 2070 to keep its infrastructure up-to-date, according to the 2022 water plan.
[Everything you need to know about Texas’ beleaguered water systems]
“We have a whole lot more applications that are submitted than we have capacity in any given program year to provide financial assistance,” said Kathleen Ligon, the interim executive administrator at the Water Development Board.
The water board said this week it also plans to spend up to $450 million toward existing financial assistance programs, $90 million on water loss and conservation programs, $10 million on marketing campaigns and $5 million on “educational resources and programming, data visualization tools and other initiatives” that schools can access.
The water board has already received 68 requests from cities and local water systems for this pot of money, which will be combined with existing state and federal tax dollars. The projects selected for the money will be announced in August. The board has set aside $250 million for another round of applications. It has not pushed rules on how to apply for that pool of money yet.
Communities can expect to see improvements to their systems from this new money in about a year, said Terry Fowler, executive director of the Texas Water Infrastructure Network, a trade association representing public and private construction companies.
Securing workers and contractors will be a challenge for communities seeking to improve their water infrastructure, he said. Cities, counties and water districts should have a clear idea of the projects they hope to propose.
“It’s a very busy market, we have a lot of projects going on, there’s a lot of backlog,” he said.
Fowler said he hopes lawmakers find additional ways to pay for water infrastructure projects in the next legislative session, including promoting more loan based programs whose interest could go toward the Water Development Board. He said he thinks eventually, the cost of keeping up with the infrastructure will be foot by consumers.
“I think that Texans need to understand that just because of the way things are going with our water supply and infrastructure issues, your water bills are going to increase,” he said.
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Gov. Greg Abbott sends Texas firefighters to California to help battle wildfires
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The park fire burning in Northern California has scorched an area larger than the size of Los Angeles.
It’s put millions of people under air quality alerts, and thousands of firefighters are working around the clock to contain the flames.
To try to control the fire, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has authorized a plethora of Lone Star State resources to head to Northern California to join first responders already fighting the blaze.
“Texans understand the urgency of responding to wildfires, and our country is stronger when we come together in times of crisis,” said Abbott.
100 Texas firefighters, accompanied by 25 fire engines and other vehicles and resources, are set to join the front lines in Northern California.
The deployment of firefighters is coordinated through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact, a state-to-state mutual aid system.
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Summer heat returns to North Texas
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