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Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid

Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid

Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid

News Staff
Tuesday, December 24, 2024
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking a $300 million transfusion of funds to bolster the state’s Medicaid application process, The Texas Tribune reported.
Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid

Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid

Agency seeks $300 million to bolster Medicaid

News Staff
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking a $300 million transfusion of funds to bolster the state’s Medicaid application process, The Texas Tribune reported.

San Marcos ends Vidor Pirates’ season at 12-0-1

News Staff
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
5 years agoDecember 18, 2019:Despite a last minute surge in the number of Operation Blue Santa “Toys for Tots” Christmas Toy donation drive applicants, the Vidor Police Department’s annual Christmas Toy drive was a resounding success.
By Bartee Haile

By Bartee Haile

Mysterious Death of a Comic Genius

Bartee Haile
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
Texas HistoryTed Healy, the comic genius behind “The Three Stooges,” kissed his wife and three-day old baby goodnight on Dec. 20, 1937 and headed for his favorite Hollywood haunts to celebrate the birth of his first child.

Pirates to face Rattlers in state 3-A football quarterfinal game

News Staff
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
5 years agoDecember 11, 2019:A highway construction projection contractor, working on a contract with the Texas Department of Transportation has begun installing some forty 150-foot tall, high mast lighting poles along I-10 from North Main Street to the foot of the Veteran’s Memorial Bridge...
Phelan drops bid for speaker; no clear winner yet

Phelan drops bid for speaker; no clear winner yet

Phelan drops bid for speaker; no clear winner yet

News Staff
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
AUSTIN—House Speaker Dade Phelan withdrew last week from seeking another term leading that chamber. After three rounds of voting on Saturday, state Rep. David Cook, R-Mansfield emerged as the preference of most House Republicans. However, his opponent, state Rep.
Social Security Matters

Social Security Matters

Social Security Matters

News Staff
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
By Russell Gloor, National Social Security Advisor at the AMAC Foundation, the non-profit arm of the Association of Mature American CitizensDear Rusty: In a recent article about Medicare’s “Income-Related Monthly Adjustment Amount” (IRMAA) and how IRMAA affects Social Security taxes, you described...
Texas History By Bartee Haile

Texas History By Bartee Haile

Rich Old Coot with Heart of Gold

Texas History
Wednesday, December 11, 2024
Hugh Roy Cullen gave a luncheon at his Houston mansion on Dec. 7, 1949 for Gen. Dwight Eisenhower. Taking the war hero aside, the Texas oilman echoed the sentiments of most Americans by urging Ike to run for president in 1952.
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