Texas House passes 'get-tough' criminal penalties
The lengthy discussion regarding changes to salary policies for the county will be addressed in the Tuesday meeting of the Hays County Commissioners Court.
The Texas House last Thursday passed two education- related bills, one that allocates $4.5 billion for teacher pay raises and another to increase the annual per-student base funding from $6,160 to $6,300 – a 2.3% increase.
DEAR ABBY: My son will celebrate his 40th birthday soon. He was diagnosed with schizophrenia at 15 and basically lost the years between 15 and 21. Thankfully, at 21, he was given medication that changed his life, and he has been well ever since.
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With mental health daily impacting the kinds and numbers of crimes occurring in Texas, a group of concerned judicial experts were brought to San Marcos to gain insight and knowledge about how best to address the growing problem.
Two of the eight Trump supporters accused of participating in a “politically-motivated conspiracy” by closely following, honking at and slowing down a campaign bus for President Joe Biden on a Texas highway in the weeks leading up to the 2020 presidential election have settled with former state Sen. Wendy Davis and three others on the bus.
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Filed by Republican state Rep.Trent Ashby of Lufkin, House Bill 9 and the accompanying House Joint Resolution 125 would ask Texas voters in November whether the state can spend that historic amount and create the Texas Broadband Infrastructure Fund.
The Rotary Club of San Marcos will host a Rotary Youth Exchange student for the 2023-2024 school year–the first exchange student the club has hosted since COVID 19.
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