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House unveils its voucher version
House unveils its voucher version
Texas House members filed a bevy of education bills last week, including a proposed $8 billion investment in public education and a voucher bill that ties the amount of money spent for private schooling to the dollar amount provided to public schools. The Austin American-Statesman reported the bill, filed by Rep. Brad Buckley, R-Salado, would increase the base level of per-student funding by $220 – from $6,160 to $6,380. Additional funds would be provided for special education, bilingual education, transportation and to rural school districts. 02/26/2025 11:00 PM
Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor
As a citizen who did NOT vote for Donald J. Trump to be president, there is one aspect of his new presidency that I greatly look forward to. For years, claims by Trump and his supporters about criminal activity and lawlessness have been made against all manner of public officials and civil servants. These are allegations of CRIMES, and when found to be true, should be punished. 02/26/2025 11:00 PM
Teague powerlifting places 11th at the Leon meet
Teague powerlifting places 11th at the Leon meet
The Teague Lions powerlifting team took 11th place in a 14-team field on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Leon Last Chance Meet. Teague logged a total score of eight points while Milano placed first with a team score of 27. 02/26/2025 11:00 PM
Lady Lions go 1-2 in Buffalo softball tourney
Lady Lions go 1-2 in Buffalo softball tourney
The Teague Lady Lions softball team traveled to Buffalo last week to compete at the Buffalo Tournament. The competition wrapped up on Saturday, Feb. 22. 02/26/2025 11:00 PM
Texas Game Warden Field Notes
Texas Game Warden Field Notes
Flushing Out a Poacher 02/26/2025 11:00 PM
Lady Eagle celebrate.
Lady Eagles head back to state final
02/26/2025 08:12 AM
State Bound!
State Bound!
02/24/2025 06:15 PM
Lady Eagles are regional semifinal champs!
Lady Eagles knock-off Hitchcock 46-33  in Regional Semifinals for fourth straight year
02/21/2025 11:39 AM
Women in Business Symposium to be held March 3 afternoon
Women in Business Symposium to be held March 3 afternoon
Consider this your official invitation for the second annual Who is She? Women in Business Symposium. This in-person event is a unique opportunity to connect with like-minded women in the business world, share experiences, and gain valuable insights from successful female entrepreneurs and leaders. 02/20/2025 07:59 AM
Blessing to be the living church of Christ
Blessing to be the living church of Christ
Sometimes, in ministry, ideas strike so profound, so new-age, so cutting-edge that it becomes necessary to announce their arrival with great fanfare and exuberance! It becomes time to hire the publisher, publish the book, and get this new idea out among the masses! 02/20/2025 07:59 AM
TALMADGE LOUIS CATES
TALMADGE LOUIS CATES
Talmadge Louis Cates, 82, passed away Feb. 7, 2025, in Fairfield, at Fairview Nursing Home, due to complications of Parkinson’s Disease. He was born Nov. 5, 1942, in Wichita Falls, to TalmadgeA. and Maud B. Cates and grew up inTyler. 02/20/2025 07:59 AM
Community Calendar
Community Calendar
Saturday, Feb. 22 6 p.m. 02/20/2025 07:59 AM
PUC requires power outage information
PUC requires power outage information
The Public Commission of Texas approved a requirement that electric utilities delivering power to retail electric customers maintain an online electric outage tracker in English and Spanish with detailed information. 02/20/2025 07:59 AM
Denise Bennet of the Lady Washington Chapter of Houston poses in costume as Marquise. Adrienne de Lafayette with Brianna Latray and Constanza Alvarado. Contributed photo
NSDAR presents awards to students
The Jonathan Hardin Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at Gibbs Library in Mexia on Wednesday, Feb. 12, for the regular monthly meeting. 02/20/2025 07:59 AM
Reserve Champion at San Antonio
Reserve Champion at San Antonio
02/20/2025 07:59 AM
Orr joins Culture, Recreation and Tourism Committee
Orr joins Culture, Recreation and Tourism Committee
State Rep. Angelia Orr of District 13 was selected to serve on the House Committee on Appropriations and the House Committee on Culture, Recreation and Tourism by the Speaker of the House for the 89th Legislative Session. 02/20/2025 07:59 AM
The three-fifths clause
The three-fifths clause
Back in the day when the 13 colonies were being cobbled together into the United States a strange issue of slavery became an overriding issue for the Southern States. The population growth was in the New England States down through New York and the Southern States were fearful that they would be outvoted on the issue of slavery which was the backbone of their economy. The compromise that settled the issue was the called the 3/5 rule. 02/20/2025 07:59 AM
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