Mar 14, 2017 | National News
“Why are people leaving? Economic reasons, the high cost of living, are certainly a part of it,” said Hans Johnson, senior fellow at the nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California. “For those people (near the poverty line), California is not viable.”
Read MoreMar 12, 2017 | Local News
The City of Sealy voted to increase water and sewer rates by 15 percent. This is due to the city’s $876,000 budget deficit. According to the City Manager, the new rate will go into effect sometime around March 25; provided it passes the second reading.
Read MoreMar 12, 2017 | Business & Economy
As the federal debt has gone from astounding to unbelievable to incomprehensible, a new problem has emerged: The US government is actually running out of places to borrow.
Read MoreMar 11, 2017 | State News
Governor Greg Abbott, on Thursday, sent a letter to the Chairman of the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles (TXDMV) suspending the permitting requirements, legal height restrictions and associated permit fees for carriers transporting round bales of hay to Carson, Gray, Hemphill, Lipscomb, Ochiltree, Potter, Roberts and Wheeler counties. This waiver applies to these eight counties as well as any Texas county through which transport is necessary to reach the disaster response area.
Read MoreMar 11, 2017 | National News
Twenty attorneys general and governors are asking new Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt to rein in what they perceive as federal overreach by the agency under the Obama administration.
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