Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding

AUSTIN— The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher education institutions have requested nearly $25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway.

Playing with matches

This little light o’ mine, I’m gonna let it shine.Hide it under a bushel, no.I’m gonna let it shine. – old Black spiritual, Civil Rights Era anthemHow far that little candle throws his beams!So shines a good deed in a naughty world.–Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice There’s a crack in everything,...

Raise a Yeti to Stanley

COMMENTARYYeti, Yeti, Yeti. Weren’t we getting significantly overloaded with the big name in insulated mugs, tumblers and ice chests?The Yeti brand was poised to become a generic word like Kleenex, Frigidaire and Hoover. (Not that I’m old enough to remember Hoover.

Pardon me

As I type this column, I am sitting in a hotel in Austin preparing for a student to compete in one of the University Interscholastic League’s speech events: State Congress.It is exactly what you would think. Students debate legislation which they have written.

Mangold board approves new respiratory, radiology agreements in December meeting

In the regular monthly meeting of the Lockney Hospital District on December 11, 2024, Ryan Young of Meridian Healthcare Group proposed a new service in partnership with WJ Mangold to provide pulmonary rehabilitation and outpatient respiratory care services for the community.Young said that Meridian...

Legislative session begins on Jan. 14

AUSTIN– The 89th Texas legislative session begins on Jan. 14 with a still-unresolved race for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives.State Reps.

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From the garden

ELLEN PEFFLEYWhat about those New Year’s resolutions?

Black-eyed pea fritters: nutritional and satisfying

Perhaps you are lookingfor a way to use up leftover black-eyed peas, or you just didn't get enough of them on New Year's Day this year. Fritters are a satisfying option.Filled with fiber and protein, black-eyed peas are right up there with other legumes when it comes to nutrition.

One-upping the health peddlers

Who’s easily influenced? Me. I just bought green tea and turmeric.Just 50 miles of car radio (beware those AM talk shows) convinced me my body needs antioxidants. A new lifestyle beckons. I’ll soon be unoxidized. Maybe I’ll polish my sax too.