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(AUSTIN) — In the latest Fiscal Notes, the Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts explores how talking with kids about money at an early age can pay off in the long run. This online issue, which coincides with Financial Literacy Month, features a Q&A with Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar, who shares his approach to teaching financial skills to his three children.
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Almost 40 tornadoes hit the Midwest and Southeast in one day in December 2015, the largest such outbreak in observed U.S. weather history. A derecho with hurricane-strength winds traveled almost 800 miles through the Corn Belt in August 2020. Both caused massive, unexpected damage to life and property.
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Brownfield Regional Medical Center’s Board of Directors met Tuesday evening for their regularly scheduled monthly meeting. Following the invocation, the meeting began with the Board of Directors approving the minutes from the previous meeting.
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806 K-9s will host an event in Brownfield next Saturday titled “May the 4th be with you.” The Star Wars-themed event is a vaccination clinic and lemonade stand at the Lynn Brisendine Community Plaza, which is on the corner of Main St and 6th St. The event lasts from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. The shots for puppies or dogs are DAPPV and Bordtella, priced at $15. The microchips are also priced at $15. The 1-HCPch+FeLV shot for cats or kittens is priced at $15. The lemonade stand will be selling lemonade for $2. All puppies and kittens must be at least six weeks old. All pets must also be on a leash or in a crate. The proceeds from the clinic will benefit 806 K9s and the lemonade proceeds will go to kids 806 K9s, a registered nonprofit animal rescue organization.
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Gene H. Adams passed away quietly on April 15, 2024 after a long illness. He was born on October 14, 1934 in Vineland, N.J. to Myrtle Reed Adams and Harold Adams. Gene was the oldest of five brothers so he was followed around by four little brothers, playing baseball, running track and riding bikes. All five, in time, volunteered for the military. Gene joined the military in January 1954 for a three year stint. He was in the Guided Missile Corp, Redstone arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama and Monmouth, N.J. He was discharged in January 1957 with good conduct medal and National Defense Service Medal.
Read moreAlthough I live in the United States, I live in a diverse area where multiple languages are spoken. And now that I think about it, this is probably true for a lot of areas across our nation.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — A new study released Monday by the Office of the Texas State Climatologist and public policy think tank Texas 2036 pointed to an anticipated bump in 100degree days in Texas and worsening drought conditions in the future.
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