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Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Wednesday signed HB 133, a bill sponsored and passed by Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) to increase Medicaid coverage for new mothers in Texas from two months to six months postpartum. Kolkhorst said that expanding new postpregnancy maternal care is a pressing need for qualifying Texas women and serves as an efficient and effective use of state and federal dollars.
Read moreGovernor Greg Abbott recently filed an amicus brief in New York State Rifle & Pistol Association v. Bruen, an important Second Amendment case in the U.S. Supreme Court. At issue is whether New York’s denial of licenses to carry handguns for self-defense violates the Second Amendment.
Read moreWhen the distinguishedlooking elderly gentleman walked into the Iditarod Race headquarters (a room at the Roosevelt Hotel in Anchorage), I had no way of knowing this smiling man was going to lead me to my most embarrassing moment.
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Just outside my door is a world that seems like a scene that a few decades ago you could’ve only imagined in a sci-fi movie, not quite flying cars, but almost as cool. It’s incredible how technology has changed our world; we have computer-controlled homes, self-driving cars, and now even autonomous rockets taking ordinary people (with money, of course) into space! The latter is what I’m most interested in, having been fascinated with space since I was a little boy, dreaming of seeing the immensity of our planet with my own eyes.
Read moreI’m a proud “word nerd.” I love words; I collect them like baseball cards. I like weird words, wonky words, witty words and even a handful of Welsh words (fun fact: the word for “carrot” in Welsh is “moron”). As a person prone to collecting things, I hoard words like a doomsday prepper stashes toilet paper. Is it an illness? Probably. But it’s cheaper than golf.
Read moreWith the backdrop of a Democrat walkout in the Texas House, Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) said she is proud of the work being done in the Texas Senate this week to craft policy solutions that Governor Abbott has requested for the ongoing special session of the Texas Legislature. Although their House counterparts have been unable to meet due to a lack of quorum, both Republican and Democrat lawmakers in the Texas Senate have convened daily this week to take action on nearly every item listed on the governor’s call for the special session.
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Nearly 60 Texas House Democrats left the state last Monday for Washington, D.C. in an effort to stop passage of a Republican-led elections bill. This in effect blocks all legislation since the House doesn’t have a quorum present. As the Austin American Statesman and other media outlets reported, Gov. Greg Abbott has threatened to arrest the absent lawmakers upon their return. While in Washington, the legislators have met with Vice President Kamala Harris and several Democratic senators to push passage of a federal elections bill that is currently stalemated.
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Our day is filled with heat at this time of year. It commands our attention and makes our work harder. As we toil, we daydream not about love or success, but things as mundane as shade and a cool drink.
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