State Capital Highlights and Texas Politics Roundup
Texas Ethics Commission opinion cited by Hutchison’s camp draws mixed reactions from Travis County officials. Grand jury probes Hutchison over 1990 93 state treasurer actions while Perry seeks a second term and Wittig pursues AG bid. Hunter taps Morales staffers for top Texas Department of Insurance roles as Mattox pushes welfare reform and Martha Whitehead hires counsel for agency abolition. Elvira Reyna becomes east Dallas district representative replacing the late Bill Blackwood.
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Austin
Texas Ethics Commission
U.S
Kay Bailey Hutchison
Travis County
Michael Tigar
Ethics Commission
Hutchison
Steve McCleery
John Steiner
David Beckwith
McCleery
Dallas Morning News
Tigar
Perry
Rick Perry
Texas
Jim Hightower
Haskell
Texas A&m University
Texas House
Treasury
GOP
AG Post
Don Wittig
Houston
Wittig
Pat Sykes
John Marshall
Dallas
Dan Morales
Hunter
J. Robert Hunter
Texas Department of Insurance
Edna Ramon Butts
Mary Keller
Butts
Keller
Mattox
U.S. Senate
Jim Mattox
Mike Andrews
Richard Fisher
Martha Whitehead
Whitehead
Elvira Reyna
Bill Blackwood
Remember When By Vernona Wagner and GeeGee the Dog
A reminiscence about a family dog named GeeGee with uneven memories of pets, a Maggie and Jiggs cartoon reference, and daily walks around Hillcroft. The narrator recalls GeeGee’s antics, naps, growls at Elton, and the dog’s loyal, quirky presence through years and moves.
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Vernona Wagner
Someer
Maggie
Jiggs
GeeGee
Elion
Hillcroft
V.W
Letters from North America By Peary Perry
Peary Perry muses on modern gadgets and changes in daily life. He riffs on fabric softener sheets bar codes car phones and evolving fashions noting the humor and confusion of progress while cherishing ongoing novelty and the passage of trends.
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Peary Perry
Alfie
China
Benefits not reduced when wife starts Social Security at 62
A Social Security explanation clarifies that a wife’s benefits do not reduce her husband’s amount if she begins at 62. The wife’s benefit, however, is cut if she takes early at 62, yielding 37.5 percent of the husband’s amount, versus 50 percent at 65. Widow’s benefits then reflect the deceased spouse’s amount, with age and timing shaping the payout.
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Linda Washington
Social Security Administration
Social Security
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