Staying healthy for the holidays
Nellie Lunsford of Chambers Health outlines practical tips for holiday health. She emphasizes balanced eating with fruit substitutes, staying active, flu vaccination, hand hygiene, food safety, and stress management to reduce illness and enjoy the season.
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Economic News Coverage Critique From Baytown Letter
A Baytown reader questions local coverage of strong U S economic data noting nonfarm payroll gains, a 3.5 percent unemployment rate, manufacturing boosts from the GM strike, and higher wages. The letter accuses the Baytown Sun of bias and calls for balanced reporting of good and bad news.
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Learn Forever Plan as Gulf Coast Education Debate
Dr. Steve Showalter of Lee College argues lifelong learning is essential as Gulf Coast and Texas face shifting energy industries. He notes many jobs now need one to two year credentials, urges ongoing skill updates, and contrasts resource rich states with education investment needs.
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Texas ALICE report highlights 4 million struggling households
The Texas ALICE report shows 42 percent of households cannot meet basic needs and 14 percent live in poverty. United Ways partner to address ALICE, with budgets for a four-person Texas family at 52496 and a single adult at 19428, exceeding federal poverty lines. The Anadons from Temple illustrate programs and savings turning into home ownership with SOAR and match funds. Adrianna Cuellar Rojas leads United Ways of Texas.
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Alex Anadon
Temple
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Alex
Alyson McMillan
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United Way of
Central Texas
McMillan
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Alice-Texas
This Day in History Highlights Notable Events
On this date events include Joseph H. Rainey becoming the first Black lawmaker sworn into the House in 1870, the 1977 premiere of Saturday Night Fever in New York, Leona Helmsley’s 1989 tax evasion sentence and 18 months served, the 1995 Senate vote against a flag desecration amendment, George W. Bush’s 2000 presidency-elect status after a Supreme Court decision, and a 2024 reference to Michael Cohen’s prior sentence. Frank Sinatra quote ends.
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House of Representatives
John Travolta
New York
Helmsley
Senate
Congress
George W. Bush
U.S. Supreme Court
Florida
Michael Cohen
Donald Trump
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