Minding Your Own Business Start-up Guide by Don Taylor
A compact guide on orderly business start-ups emphasizes starting with a solid idea, answering key questions about demand and customers, writing a plan, selecting a location, budgeting for promotions, and having contingencies. It advises consulting Small Business Development Centers and SBA resources for free help.
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U.S. Small Business Administration
Sba.gov
Don Taylor
Amarillo
Texas lawmakers fail to deliver redistricting plan in 77th Legislature
Austin notes the Legislature did not agree on a redistricting plan, shifting the issue to the Legislative Redistricting Board and likely to the courts. The body approved a $111 billion state budget, including a 4 percent pay raise or $100 monthly, whichever is higher.
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Austin
Legislative Redistricting Board
Lawmakers Fail to Pass Redistricting Plan for Texas
Texas lawmakers did not approve a redistricting plan for state employees. The page also notes a potential $60 million Johnson & Johnson Vision Care settlement granting lens rebates and eye exam discounts, plus related Baush & Lomb terms and contact lens registration contacts. Other items include open container law reform, lawn care business growth, and a failed bill to locate a nuclear graveyard in Andrews County.
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Texas
Bates
John Cornyn
Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc
American Optometric Association
AOA
Johnson & Johnson
Baush & Lomb
Activue.com
Baush & Lamb
Rick Perry
West Texas
Andrews County
Boot Hill
Max the puppy beds lilies and brings blessings
Gina Caswell Kelly shares a lighthearted tale of her dog Max making a bed in her lilies and roughing the yard. She reflects on how a bad day turned into a gift as the blooms later brightened her home and outlook, urging calm and faith that blessings appear.
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Gina Caswell
Kelly Max
Max
Kyle
Lucky Max
Brownfield Online Connects You to Www Information
Community site Brownfield Online offers a hub for accessing the World Wide Web resources. It highlights how to reach favorite services, locate local listings, and navigate early internet tools through a compact guide.
Fireworks and Danger of Lightning in Thunderstorms
Thunderstorms bring lightning with 30 to 50 such days yearly in this region. April to June afternoons are peak times, but storms can occur anytime. Learn to estimate distance by seconds between lightning and thunder, or use a lightning meter. Do not rely on rain to judge danger and avoid outdoor activity during storms.
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U.S
Memorial Day address from Rep Combest on veterans relief
Rep Larry Combest commemorates Memorial Day by urging continued support for veterans programs. He highlights a 2002 budget plan funding medical, mental health, long term, and emergency care, plus pay and housing upgrades, and backs H.R. 303 to allow concurrent VA disability and retired pay and H.R. 179 to restore full health care for retirees. He stresses bipartisan support and national defense ties.
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Larry Combest
Congress
U.S
House of Representatives
106Th Congress
Uniformed Services
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