SPEAK UP: Is Southeast Texas in danger of missing recovery money?
Beaumont Enterprise - Sun Dec 6, 6:39 am ETSoutheast Texas could miss out on almost $300 million more in Hurricane Ike recovery money because the federal government turned down the state's $1.7 billion application for lacking detail in how it would be spent. Texas said it would spend half the money on housing and the other half on public assets like roads and bridges for 2008 storm recovery, which includes Dolly, Gustav and Ike. A new ...