Court halts prosecutor fees as Paxton awaits fraud trial
A Texas court temporarily halted more than 200000 in prosecutor fees in the criminal case against Attorney General Ken Paxton while he awaits May trial on securities fraud charges. The move follows a donor lawsuit over hourly rates paid by taxpayers in Collin County. Edward Greim, attorney for Jeffery Blackard, pushed back at the accusations as politics.
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Boy Scouts shift to gender identity in enrollment policy
The Boy Scouts of America said it will allow transgender children who identify as boys to enroll in boys only programs. Enrollment will be based on the gender listed by the child or parent on the application, moving away from birth certificate rules amid broader national conversations on gender identity.
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Dallas
Boy Scouts of America
Rebecca Rausch
Secaucus
Texas Society of CPAs honors UT Permian Basin student
The Texas Society of CPAs announced 2016 2017 academic scholarship recipients. UT Permian Basin student Hope Lopez won the Accounting Education Foundation scholarship. A total of 51 Texas students received accounting scholarships this year. Since 1957 the foundation has distributed more than 5.6 million dollars to promote accounting education in Texas. It awards about 126000 dollars annually to top accounting students through donations and endowed funds.
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Manufacturing cover letter tips for job seekers
This guidance emphasizes personalized manufacturing cover letters to land top roles. It covers targeting with LinkedIn and recruiters, a one page four paragraph structure, aligning skills with job descriptions, researching the company, showing motivation, and avoiding generic templates. It also notes practical example steps and contact details for Snelling Staffing in Odessa and Midland.
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Penbrook
Odessa
Andrews Highway
Midland
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Facebook
Facebook.com
SnellingOdessa
Texas Foster Care Panel Proposes Agency Reform and Kinship Aid
A bipartisan Texas House work group, appointed by Speaker Joe Straus, unveiled two proposals to restructure the foster care agency and boost kinship adoptions with monthly stipends for relative adopters. The panel announced the plan Monday amid a federal court ruling that part of the system is unconstitutional due to ongoing abuse. Texas has appealed.
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Texas
Joe Straus
Veteran CPS workers protest exclude from pay raise
Hundreds of veteran Texas Child Protective Services workers say they were left out of a $12,000 emergency pay raise for caseworkers. About 320 seasoned staffers in specialized roles were omitted, despite lawmakers approving raises for roughly 7,200 CPS employees. The agency may seek $1.2 million annually to cover them.
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Dallas Morning News
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