Improving the rate of handwashing at just 10 major airports could significantly slow the spread of a viral disease, researchers estimate.

The 2nd Austin County Sheriff Forum, hosted by the Austin County Republican Party, was held last night. The two candidates vying for the position of Austin County Sheriff met at El Himador Mexican Grill #5 in Bellville, Texas where they answered questions and let the community know their political views.

Watson is leaving office to become the first dean of the University of Houston’s Hobby School of Public Affairs. Watson’s early departure will set off a special election to serve the rest of the term, which will end in 2023.

As long as legal expansion is limited to the state level, the federal government can continue taxing legitimate weed businesses at a much higher rate than if it were legalized across the board. 

Early Voting begins today here in Austin County for the March 3, 2020 Primary.  For those who are planning on voting in the Primary, there are two locations available for you to cast your vote early.

As much of the world’s economic growth is expected to slow in the near future, two cities in Texas look to be turning that projection on its head.

The Blinn College baseball team (7-2) took down Howard College, 3-0, and No. 16 Navarro College, 8-6, to conclude the Brazos JUCO Classic on Saturday.

The Blinn College baseball team (5-2) split a doubleheader on the opening day of the Brazos JUCO Classic on Friday.

Tristan Ikpe scored 24 points to help lead the Blinn College men’s basketball team (17-9, 7-8) to a 90-84 victory over Lee College on Wednesday night in the Kruse Center.

The Blinn College District invites current and prospective students to apply for approximately $270,000 in endowed scholarships available for the 2020-21 academic year.

Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative (BEC) has gifted $12,000 to the Blinn College Foundation for an endowed scholarship in honor of longtime board member Kenneth Mutscher.

A review of With Honor PAC’s board and financiers includes billionaire Democrats Jeff Bezos and Michael Bloomberg, along with anti-Trump Republican allies.

Today’s daters are taking matters into their own hands.  Seemingly no longer satisfied with the potential partners that life throws at them at work, in school and in their circle of friends, they are (in increasingly larger numbers) opting to meet their partner online.

Having examined the nature of fractional reserve and of central banking, and having seen how the questionable blessings of Central Banking were fastened upon America, it is time to see precisely how the Fed, as presently constituted, carries out its systemic inflation and its control of the American monetary system.

Beset by high housing costs, crippling taxes, astronomical gas prices, wildfires, and rolling blackouts, Californians are heading for the exits. That’s sparking anxiety in places where these Golden State migrants are relocating. Much of this anxiety revolves around fears that the migrants will transform the politics and culture of the places that they’re moving to—bringing an appetite for big, intrusive government. But a new survey suggests that, while plenty of people are looking to leave California, many are fleeing the state’s high costs and politics and may not be interested in voting for the same things in their new homes.

The Coronavirus epidemic is having a devastating effect on China’s economy which appears to have ground to a halt according to recent data.

The Austin County Republican Party hosted a candidate forum for the 2 candidates vying for the position of Austin County Sheriff.

China’s economy is expected to print sub-5% GDP in Q1 after dealing with the Coronavirus. This has forced an increasingly desperate Beijing to unexpectedly announce on Thursday that it will slash tariff levied on 1,717 U.S. goods by up to 50%.

A recent report by the Economic Policy Institute shows that California is by far the largest loser in terms of job losses to China. California lost 654,100 jobs to China from 2001, when China joined the World Trade Organization, to 2018. That number is almost twice as much as the 334,800 jobs Texas lost to China during the same period.

Such inflammatory exaggeration seems designed to avoid a substantive discussion of the presidential candidate’s gun control proposals.