Trio of Vidor PD officers honored with Lifesaving Award

VPD officers Dillon LaPoint, Trooper Spera, and Joshua Robison are pictured with the plaques presented by Vidor Police Chief Rod Carroll. Three Vidor police officers were honored with Lifesaving Awards Wednesday in a ceremony held at Vidor City Hall.

Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Supplies, April 22-24

With the severe weather season upon us, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar reminds Texans they can purchase certain items tax-free during the state’s sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies, which begins at 12:01 a.m. on Saturday, April 22, and ends at midnight on Monday, April 24.

Vidor is back in black with latest allocation

Vidor is back in black with latest allocation For the first time this year, Vidor’s monthly sales tax allocation is larger than 2022’s for the same time period and this month’s 11.24 percent increase over last April erased the city’s first quarter deficit to boost the city into positive territory...

Senate passes major priority legislation

Last week the Senate approved several major pieces of legisla-Don, including bills to improve electric reliability and capacity, raise teacher pay, and allow for the diversion of state funds for private educa-Don. All of these issues are major prioriDes of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick.

Fiscal Notes: Texas’ Rainy Day Fund Projected to Hit Cap for First Time

The extraordinary economic factors that have given the 88th Legislature an unprecedented amount of money for general-purpose spending also are generating record high revenues for Texas’ Economic Stabilization Fund (ESF), the state savings account that’s commonly called the Rainy Day Fund.

House OKs $302 billion budget

TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS The Texas House approved a $302 billion budget last week that included an amendment prohibiting the use of state money on private school tuition — a major setback to Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to establish a school voucher system.

Texas Voters Support Homestead Exemption Over Appraisal Caps

The Texas Association of Property Tax Professionals release the results of a statewide survey conducted by Texas’ preeminent political pollster Mike Baselice.

Small start & big ‘Zen’: Bonsai gardening for everyone

The Bonsai art form offers the viewer an extraordinary and distinguished composition. Here, a bonsai Master demonstrates their craft using shape, form and structure mimicking mature tree forms in nature (image courtesy stylesatlife.com).

A hula hooping skater

'I love skating, but I am passionate about hula hooping,' says 54-yearold Veronica Harris of Houston, TX. And so off she went and twirled her hula hoop while skating backwards for 33 minutes and one second right winning entry into the Guinness Book of World Records.

Newswoman Tammy Bruce shares what can change the future of America

ASSOCIATION OF MATURE AMERICAN CITIZENS Fox News reporter Tammy Bruce says that in the days before the Internet and social media, politicians were used to being able to define reality based on what they told us.