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Hegar releases biennial revenue forecast
Hegar releases biennial revenue forecast
The Texas Legislature begins its work creating a state budget for the next two years with slightly less revenue available than it had during the previous biennium. 01/22/2025 11:00 PM
Don’t jump on the hot stove
Don’t jump on the hot stove
The first time I ever heard the term, “best and brightest,” was about the cabinet that President Kennedy assembled in 1961. Lyndon Johnson, coming back from the first meeting, was in awe of their knowledge and described their brilliance to Sam Rayburn. Rayburn replied that he would be more comfortable if at least one of them had at least run for county sheriff. Subsequently, these same people buried us in Vietnam. 01/22/2025 11:00 PM
Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding
Agencies, universities seek $24.6 billion in new funding
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. State Sen. Joan Huffman, R-Houston, told The Dallas Morning News that the requests for new money reflect the growing functions and purposes of state agencies that serve the public. 01/15/2025 11:00 PM
Be a light for others
Be a light for others
I hope everyone stayed warm and safe during the cold temperatures we had last week. It was cold, especially with the wind. The forecast shows it is going to be even colder this weekend and next week. 01/15/2025 11:00 PM
Crypto reserve idea ‘Sharp’
Crypto reserve idea ‘Sharp’
Well, we’ve closed out the books on another year with the Baby Boomer herd continuing to thin. We have a new president soon taking over and promising to solve all our problems on Day 1, and I’ve got one he could help me with: how to fold up properly a form fitting bedsheet. 01/10/2025 11:00 PM
Legislative session begins on Jan. 14
Legislative session begins on Jan. 14
The 89th Texas legislative session begins on Jan. 14 with a still-unresolved race for speaker of the Texas House of Representatives. 01/10/2025 11:00 PM
Vehicle inspections no longer required
Vehicle inspections no longer required
Drivers will no longer be required to get annual safety inspections beginning Jan. 1, the Texas Standard reported. However, drivers in the state’s 17 most populous counties will still be required to get an emissions test in order to register their vehicles. 01/01/2025 11:00 PM
Have a blessed new year!
Have a blessed new year!
I pray that you all had a Merry Christmas and enjoyed the time with your family and friends. 12/25/2024 11:00 PM
Abbott unveils new border strategy
Abbott unveils new border strategy
Gov. Greg Abbott said last Thursday the state is initiating a billboard campaign across Central America and border cities in northern Mexico to discourage migrants from attempting to enter Texas, the Austin American-Statesman reported. 12/25/2024 11:00 PM
Scalded dog or best of life?
Scalded dog or best of life?
To paraphrase an old movie, the United States is no country for old men. However, the entire population is ageing, and we want to make sure no immigrants come into the country, yet we ex-pect someone to make life for us as smooth as banana pudding. We forget what a privilege it is to grow old. The aches, pains, and bruises, physical and otherwise: those checks eventually come due for us all. The question is are we going to approach it like a scalded dog or like Robert Brown-ing told his future wife, “come and grow old with me as the best of life is yet to be” We also have now generations of young people raised on Iphones and social feeds that tell you how gloomy it is outside so don’t bother to go check for yourself. They think old people can’t pos-sibly know anything as the computer knows all. I remember when I was a kid and men at the Cot-ton Gin store talked about debt and the depression. Later I recalled bankers in the years after 2001 saying they didn’t need to be regulated because the balanced derivative market was self reg-ulating. After 2007, they blew up the world and the federal reserve had to print dollars by the tril-lions to avoid a collapse that would have taken us back to the stone age. 12/18/2024 11:00 PM
Have a merry Christmas
Have a merry Christmas
Merry Christmas! 12/18/2024 11:00 PM
Who is the sucker?
Who is the sucker?
I read a story recently about a lady school teacher in Yazoo City, Miss., in the impoverished Delta country that is teaching unprivileged kids and there is not enough money to even pay her a salary. Yet kids that would fall through the crack of life are staying in school and making plans for the future. When asked about financial strain she faces, she uttered a phrase that applies to all of us: “What I don’t get in this life, I will get in the next.” 12/11/2024 11:00 PM
Late greeting cards
Late greeting cards
A friend asked me if it was OK to delay sending holiday cards until late December. 12/11/2024 11:00 PM
Deportation vow alarms construction industry
Deportation vow alarms construction industry
CAPITOL HIGHLIGHTS 12/04/2024 11:00 PM
Christmas trees
Christmas trees
Quinn Minute 12/04/2024 11:00 PM
Dreams to ashes?
Dreams to ashes?
OBSERVANCES 12/04/2024 11:00 PM
Abbott issues orders targeting China
Abbott issues orders targeting China
Gov. Greg Abbott issued three executive orders last week targeting the Chinese government and the Chinese Communist Party, The Dallas Morning News reported Abbott said the orders were intended to protect Texans of Chinese descent from “harassment and intimidation” by the Chinese Communist Party and government, and to fight threats to state security. 11/27/2024 11:00 PM
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