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Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivers SB22 grants to boost law enforcement salaries, hiring in smaller communities

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivers SB22 grants to boost law enforcement salaries, hiring in smaller communities

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Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar delivers SB22 grants to boost law enforcement salaries, hiring in smaller communities

Kevin Lyons | Comptroler.texas.gov
Tuesday, April 16, 2024
AUSTIN— Texas Comptroller GlennHegar earlier this week said his office delivered nearly $126 million in financial assistance to rural law enforcement and prosecutor offices as part of a grant program that is addressing challenges faced by these groups in counties with small populations.“About 500...

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Wow! How did we get to this place?When did we get to this point that“we the people” have forgotten that our representatives in all phases of government, work for us? Starting at the local level and going all the way to Washington, DC. If you are elected to a job, you work for the people.
Agencies blasted over wildfire oversight

Agencies blasted over wildfire oversight

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Agencies blasted over wildfire oversight

Austin— State Agencies
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
and regulators were heavily criticized at a Texas legislative hearing for failing to communicate during the deadly Panhandle wildfires, the Texas Tribune reported.The three-day hearing, held in Pampa, investigated the Smokehouse Creek fire and others that burned more than a million acres, destroyed...
Attention to detail

Attention to detail

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Attention to detail

News Staff
Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Ah, the mentality of the five-year-old who whines to parents that he “really did take a bath” when the smell and dirt under the nails say otherwise.How about the students who wait until 7:56 a.m. to get that math homework done before an 8 a.m. first period class?I confess that sometimes I wash my...
Euphemistically speaking . . .

Euphemistically speaking . . .

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Euphemistically speaking . . .

Hanaba Munn Welch
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Euphemisms by any other name are terms with extra syllables. Sometimes extra words.“Poor” comes to mind. A euphemism is “underprivileged.” Five syllables. Count ’em.“Underprivileged” was one of the first euphemisms I ever learned.
April is National Lawn and Garden Month

April is National Lawn and Garden Month

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April is National Lawn and Garden Month

Ellen Peffley
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
It is finally the month of April, after what seems to have been an odd few months.Maybe our weather will settle into a predictable pattern now that it is spring and April is here.
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