Overview of the 87th Legislative Session – Successful strides, but a few more hurdles

This week, the Texas Legislature concluded its 140-day regular session after making substantial improvements to how our state operates.

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Well grab you a glass of tea and set with me awhile and visit, we are home back in Aspermont, and let me tell you Joe and i are glad. It was a hard trip to Kentucky and so much had went wrong we had a mess on our hands. We made it and we are back home.

Faces & Places

“You came up this gut-wrenching road yesterday by yourself ?” Cassie exclaimed. “You deserve a good cuffing just for driving this goat path on your own.” “It’s not so bad once you get used to dodging the ruts.” “You’ve got some nerve calling these canyons ruts.”

Decoration Day 2021

I have recorded an oral version of this essay as a special episode of my podcast. You can listen to that episode by searching “West of 98” on your favorite podcasting platform. Decoration Day is something of a uniquely Southern tradition.

Special session coming this fall

Texas lawmakers will adjourn the regular session on Monday — Memorial Day — but Gov. Greg Abbott has already indicated he will call a special session in the fall to grapple with redistricting after detailed census results are finally released.

Letters to the Editor Policy

The Double Mountain Chronicle welcomes Letters to the Editor for possible publication in the newspaper. A Letter to the Editor must be original, signed by the writer, and include the address and phone number of the writer. Only the name of the writer and the city will be published with the letter.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

A Friendly Reminder About Herbicide Drift As we enter a new growing season, it's important to remember the effects that off-target movement of herbicides can have on others around you.

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What a wonderful trip Joe and I have had, his brother was doing good, he and Joe played for 3 days checkers, and let me tell you when they play checkers it's serious business. I get so tickled at them, and we got to enjoy Joe's nephew for 3 days also.

Faces & Places

“You don't need meat at every meal," Riley offered, forking another bite of salad into his mouth and inwardly agreeing with Jack that it was certainly lacking something. Jack was quiet for all of ten seconds, and then he couldn't hold in his opinion one second more. "Are you really a Texan?

Deaths of unbuckled Texans spike

The number of traffic accidents decreased in 2020, but the number of Texans killed while not wearing a seat belt increased by 16%, according to the Texas Department of Transportation. In 2020, 1,073 fatalities were attributed to not wearing seat belts, up from 926 fatalities in 2019.