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AUSTIN – The Lower Colorado River Authority has donated $26,000 to more than two dozen local food banks in 22 counties throughout its service territory.
Read more(AUSTIN) — The Comptroller’s office is working with food banks throughout the state to check the agency’s unclaimed property website for funds that could help fill their pantries during this holiday season. An initial check of some notable Texas food pantries shows that they’re owed thousands of dollars in unclaimed property. The San Antonio Food Bank recently laid claim to enough unclaimed property to provide nearly 140,000 meals to needy Texans facing increased food insecurity.
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AUSTIN - With the 87th Texas Legislature preparing to convene in January, Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) as Chair of the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services, conducted the state’s first public hearings on COVID-19 over the past two days.
Read moreA couple of weeks ago, I was out shopping and lost my bracelet. I had worn it for almost 30 years and it had great sentimental value to me. I contacted all the places I had been and left my name and telephone number hoping some good samaritan would find and return. As I was wrapping presents last week, I found a receipt from the Silver Barn. On Saturday I thought I might as well check and dropped by and asked if they had found a gold bracelet. Cynthia, the owner was there and said yes, that they had knew it must have special meaning for someone and she reached down and held up my bracelet. From my reaction she could tell that she had found the owner. This is just another reason we should all shop local. If you haven’t been to the Silver Barn lately please go. We need business owners like Cynthia to stay in business during the pandemic.
Read moreThe Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Dec. 7 authorized $362,662,934.10 in federal funding over the next decade to maintain, improve, and expand affordable rural broadband to 310,962 unserved homes and businesses in Texas. A list of the recipients by county is attached.
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The U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear a lawsuit filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton challenging the results of the presidential election.
Read moreThe Uniform Election Dates for 2021 are: Saturday, May 1 and Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Read moreThanks to this president, we now know about “The Deep State”. But what is it? One definition might be: Unelected bureaucrats who can write rules and regulations, and then have the power (given to them by congress) to enforce their rules and regulations.
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