Premiums rise as ACA open enrollment begins

Body AUSTIN— The window for signing up for health insurance through the Affordable Care Act is now open through Jan. 15, with most Texans expected to pay considerably higher premiums, The Texas Tribune reported.

2025 Community Calendar

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Halloween isn’t the only scary part of October

Body I know now exactly why they call it a cancer “journey.”The week between Christmas 2024 and New Year’s 2025 I was with family in Dallas when I received a call from the UMC Breast Imaging Center that I needed a follow-up mammogram. It all sounded pretty routine.

Recuérdame

Body Shed a Little LightThe last movie theater entertainment my family enjoyed with my mother was in November 2017, a year before she died.Many of us who had gathered for Thanksgiving took her to see “Coco.

Felons, veteran’s spouses, fire victims, disabled, border property owners affected by Nov. 4 election outcomes

Body The 2025 special elections are upon us, and the time has come for you to get familiar with your ballot before voting. Voters will be voicing their opinions on the following Texas constitutional amendments.

2025 Community Calendar

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Books, bicycle, books

Body The 501Books, books, books.If your collection is oversized and you’re feeling guilty about owning all those tomes, join the book club.I refer not to the book-of the-month club or some equivalent thereof. You’ve been there.

Can it just stay October?

Body C O M M E N T A R Y | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COMTemperatures are dropping, albeit slower than I would like. My favorite colors are on full display in store fronts, on clothes, as well as on food, leaves and eye shadow.And then there’s baseball.

2025 Community Calendar

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Early voting underway for November election

Body Early voting began Monday across Texas with voters deciding the fate of 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution, as well as local races for city and school board, bond measures, and tax proposals.