Grant applications being taken for broadband infrastruture

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced his agency is now accepting grant applications for broadband infrastructure projects as part of the Bringing Online Opportunities to Texas (BOOT) Program.

Looking Back

Although some terrible viruses are around today, we’ve still got it better then folks who lived between the 5th and 15th centuries. Those were called the Middle Ages because surviving to 50 seemed impossible. Here’s the deal: if you were a nobleman, you could live well if you owned enough land.

Editor’s Message

Hippocrates wrote, in Of the Epidemics, “The physician must…. have two special objects in view with regard to disease, namely, to do good or to do no harm.” But it seems that the Texas Medical Board does not see it that way.

Pet Talk

Humans typically avoid raw foods because of the risk of developing a salmonella infection, a common bacterial disease that harms the intestinal tract. While humans can be infected with salmonella more easily than animals, there is still a risk of pets developing the infection as well.

Library Lines ...

“She didn’t have a stalker case - she had a crush. But when spoiled heiress Ronni Peters hires sexy P.I. Cotten Hammond to find her make-believe stalker, Ronni discovers that someone really does want her out of the way. Can they expose a killer before Ronni becomes the next victim?”

He will restore your dreams

“Restore our fortunes, O Lord, like streams in the Negeb!” (Psalm 126:4) God’s people were distraught when Jerusalem fell in 597 B.C. and they were exiled to Babylon. Their hopes and dreams were dashed.

Hosanna, Praise the Lord!

Palm Sunday is a celebration of Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem. “On the next day, when the large crowd that had come to the feast heard that Jesus was coming to Jerusalem, they took the branches of the palm trees and went out to meet Him, and began shouting, ‘Hosanna!

Cruz introduces bill bill to stop sanctuary cities

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and 19 colleagues reintroduced the Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act.

Texas Senate passes bill aimed at protecting women’s sports

The Texas Senate approved a bill last Wednesday that would restrict which college sports teams transgender athletes can join. The bill will now head to the Texas House, where a majority of state representatives have already expressed support for similar legislation.

Senate bill addresses catalytic converter theft

The Senate approved a bill that would make the possession of a loose catalytic converter itself a crime.