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EDITORIAL: Tip-toeing the line

For the second time in about as many months, Beaumont City Manager Kenneth Williams has prolonged performing his duties to the point where vital decisions would be placed on City Council members to approve or deny at the last minute.
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Former finance director faces felony theft

Fired for directing finances into her own pockets, former Greater Beaumont Chamber of Commerce Director of Finance and Administration Sidnee Lewis is at the center of an investigation into reports that the former executive stole a combined amount of more than $84,000 from the Chamber and Beaumont...
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Beaumont budget begins with $40 million flaw

Page one of the highlights for the proposed city of Beaumont budget that begins Oct. 1 starts off with underreporting $40 million in collected tax revenue for 2023 – skewing fund balance numbers for the three years of required budgetary reporting mandated by the city charter.
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Mayor accuses council of ‘bigotry and jealousy’

Port Arthur Mayor Thurman Bartie expressed intense displeasure with the City Council voting 4-3 to not approve a request for the mayor to attend additional executive education sessions during his trip to the National League of Cities’ 2024 Centennial City Summit on Nov. 10-17 in Tampa, Florida.
Regina Rogers, IEA chair & founder; Mike Burrow, IEA board member; Suzanne Maloney, IEA board member; Kim Phelan, IEA president; and Linda Domino, IEA secretary

Regina Rogers, IEA chair & founder; Mike Burrow, IEA board member; Suzanne Maloney, IEA board member; Kim Phelan, IEA president; and Linda Domino, IEA secretary

IEA Camp Bright Star celebrates

IEA-Inspire, Encourage, Achieve recently hosted its 22nd Camp Bright Star (CBS) Awards Ceremony at the Martin Luther King Middle School Gymnasium to honor more than 25 scholars participating in the five-week summer program.