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Warmer temperatures over the weekend and continuing this week melted most of the snow from the state’s roadways and roofs. But Texans are still dealing with broken pipes that flooded homes and businesses, damaged municipal water systems, and continued power outages in scattered areas, mainly in East and Central Texas.
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TEMPLE — The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas has established a funding application deadline of Mar. 12, 2021, for the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Mussel Initiative available through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP).
Read moreIf you’re overdue, it’s time to renew! The temporary waiver of certain vehicle title and registration requirements, announced by Governor Greg Abbott on March 16, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, will end at 11:59 p.m. on Apr. 14, 2021. The Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TxDMV) reminds Texans to complete any overdue transactions now.
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Texans from Lubbock to Longview shivered under single-digit temperatures as their week began, with snow and ice creating dangerous road conditions throughout the state. Gov. Greg Abbott issued a disaster declaration for all 254 Texas counties and urged residents to stay alert to changing weather conditions. The Texas Division of Emergency Management deployed resources from various state agencies to prepare roadways, assist motorists, remove downed trees and perform searchand-rescue operations if necessary.
Read moreLast week, I received a strange email from classmate Susan Baumgart. She sits on some type of Cardinal football statistical committee. She said they are compiling some Cardinal football statistics for Matt Schobel and he listed all playoff teams from 1935 to 2020. Susan asked me why there was no mention of the 1974 Cardinal Football team.
Read more(Austin, TX) – State Representative Ben Leman filed House Bill 1618, which would raise current petition signature requirements for the creation of hospital districts to prevent unnecessary waste of taxpayer dollars. Currently, before a hospital district located wholly in one county may be created, the county judge of that county must receive a petition signed by at least 100 registered voters of the territory of the proposed district. If the petition is complete and accurate, commissioners court shall order an election by the people of the proposed district to determine if the district will be created and whether or not to authorize the levy of a tax.
Read more(Austin, Texas) - State Representative Ben Leman of Texas House District 13 was appointed as Vice-Chair for the House Committee on Land and Resource Management. In addition to serving as vice-chair for this important committee, Representative Leman was appointed by Speaker Dade Phelan to serve on the House Committee on Energy Resources along with the House Calendars Committee.
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Red and pink crepe paper, white doilies and varied colors of paper hearts were scattered about the table. My youngest granddaughter was holding a shoe box, surveying the maze of potential creativity before her.
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