Duncan reflects on 80th Texas Legislature and budget gains
Texas Senator Robert Duncan discusses a session with major impacts for residents, noting a $14 billion tax cut, restored 12 month CHIP eligibility, $50 million for state schools and health programs, and funding boosts for Texas Tech, El Paso Medical School, and university affiliations, amid a large surplus and continued reforms.
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Lubbock
Duncan
Brownfield News
Natural Resources
Senate
Department of Aging and Disability Services
Texas Tech
el Paso Medical School
Angelo State
Tour de France under cloud of doping and decline
Paper n Ink discusses the Tour de France amid steroid use and blood doping concerns, noting a culture of performance enhancement stretching from pro ranks into society. The piece references past champions and rising issues across sports, urging a return to sportsmanship as Texas Tech pursues decorum in athletics.
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Lynn Brisendine
Wrasslers
Texas Tech
Grand Jury hands down 14 indictments to 13 subjects
The Terry County Grand Jury handed down 14 indictments against 13 individuals this week on charges from possession of a controlled substance to injury to an elderly person. One subject was not billed due to insufficient evidence and three names were withheld pending arrest.
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Terry County
Donovan Jamale Fitzgerald
Vandalism and sign theft rise statewide in Texas
A Texas Department of Transportation letter to Terry County Judge Earl Brown Jr details a spike in road sign vandalism and theft across rural counties. It notes 1,100 signs replaced in the Lubbock District alone year, costing taxpayers millions, and outlines a student education brochure stressing safety and severe penalties for tampering with highway signs.
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Earl Brown, Jr
Texas Department of Transportation
Randy Hopmann
Hopmann
Brown
Lubbock
Txdot
Moore sentences two in 12st District Court
Judge Kelly Moore in 12st District Court sentenced Rosemary Denise Bridges 34 to one year in Terry County Jail with one year community supervision for possession of a small amount of methamphetamine reduced to a Class A misdemeanor. Bridges owes $276 court costs $25 time payment fee and $450 attorney's fees. Gabriel Matthew Martinez 21 received a 10 year sentence in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for aggravated assault against a public servant with deadly weapon and 10 years of community supervision plus $276 court costs.
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Rosemary Denise Bridges
Bridges
Terry County
Gabriel Matthew Martinez
Martinez
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Heflin to Host Open House for District 85
State Representative Joe Heflin will host an open house for District 85 constituents from 2 to 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 1, at the Crosbyton district office. He emphasized listening to concerns and maintaining communication with residents at 114 W Aspen, Suite A.
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Joe Heflin
District 85
Aspen
Suite A
Crosbyton
Heflin
Ben
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