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The U.S. Justice Department issued a scathing report late last week on the May 4, 2022, mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Dies and Das (This and That)

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In the mid-70’s, small groups of Mennonite Men-women did not attend such meetings-gathered in various machine shops and grain-storage buildings throughout various Mennonite colonies located closed to Cuauhtemoc, Mexico. My dad attended a few of these himself.

Hendersons Historic Landmark

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Logan and Dave Howard were early carpenters in Henderson who designed and built a beautiful 6-room brick house on the city’s main thoroughfare in 1858. “Logan never married,” says Joan Smith, Rusk County historian.

State Capitol Highlights

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A half-dozen lawsuits challenging the 13 approved Texas constitutional amendments appear to be dead in the water, The Dallas Morning News reported. The secretary of state’s office last week declared the propositions approved and now a part of the Texas Constitution, while Gov.

Did You Know?

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The Collins family of Hollywood, FL found an unwelcome guest recently in their guestroom toilet— a rather large iguana. How it got there is anybody’s guess.

State Capitol Highlights

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As time runs out next week on the fourth special session, Gov. Greg Abbott said he will continue to fight for school choice, despite the Texas House once again decisively rejecting it when 21 Republicans largely from rural districts joined Democrats in stripping it from a $7.6 billion education bill.

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Here we go again. They’ve found another mysterious creature that has animal experts scratching their heads.

House Kills School Choice Plan

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The Texas House on Friday defeated a proposed voucher plan, also leaving in doubt a comprehensive public school funding plan that became tied to it, The Dallas Morning News reported. A coalition of rural Republicans and Democrats joined together to take education savings accounts out of the bill by an 84-63 margin.