Thereโs plenty of labor, John Stossel recently pointed out. But many people are finding they are better off financially not working because of perverse incentives created by the American Rescue Plan.
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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission will allocate around $2.5 billion in food benefits to all eligible families. School districts will notify families about eligibility by June 2.
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House Bill 1535 would expand the stateโs medical cannabis program to include those with chronic pain, all cancer patients and Texans with post-traumatic stress disorder.
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House lawmakers expressed frustration Thursday that some of their priority legislation had not moved in the upper chamber, including a package of health care and criminal justice reform bills pushed by House Speaker Dade Phelan.
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The bill creating the commission, which would have subpoena power, passed 252-175. Republican U.S. Reps. Tony Gonzales of San Antonio and Van Taylor of Plano were the only two GOP Texans to support the measure.
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