STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Supreme Court upholds state’s redrawn congressional map The U.S. Supreme Court’s 6-3 decision to reverse a lower court’s ruling and uphold the mid-decade redrawn congressional map for Texas sent candidates scrambling to file or opt to retire with the filing deadline on Monday, Dec. 8.

Obsessed with handheld radios

Somewhere in Shamrock, right now, a man sits at his dining table.The table is crowded with handheld radios, a garden of various antennas, differently colored blinking LED lights, power and programming cables, a laptop, and one large multiband receiver.

LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

Funny state laws Pennsylvania• A special cleaning ordinance bans homemakers from hiding dirt and dust under a rug in a dwelling. • All fire hydrants must be checked one hour before all fires.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor,In response to the articles written by Monica Alvarez and Margret Del Toro, I would like to share some concerns I believe many taxpayers in Deaf Smith County also feel.

Is this a good year for tax-loss harvesting?

Thanks to market swings, evolving tax laws and new technology, it may be a good year to consider tax-loss harvesting – a strategy that can help reduce taxes and improve long-term returns.What is tax-loss harvesting?

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About 1 million Texans over the age of 45 who receive health insurance coverage through the federal Affordable Care Act will likely face monthly premiums of more than $1,000, the Austin American-Statesman reported. That accounts for one-fourth of the state’s 4 million ACA enrollees.

Tales of Deaf Smith County

“The way I see it, if you want the rainbow, you gotta put up with the rain”.--Dolly PartonDecember 1957Due to six weeks of intermittent rains and finally a four inch snow, there were several hundred acres of grain sorgham overdue for harvest.

LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

Compiled off the Internet by Jeff Blackmon, Publisher of the Hereford BRAND Funny state laws Ohio:• Fairview Park: It’s against the law to honk your horn “excessively”. A grandmother was fined for honking her horn twice at her neighbor.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Dear Editor:Recently Amarillo’s Channel 10 and Channel 7 News made a report on the State Commission on Judicial Conduct. The decision referred to then Municipal Court Judge Jennifer Eggen, who worked for the city of Hereford for many years.

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Supreme Court blocks lower court redistricting ruling The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked a lower court ruling that threw out the state's new congressional map, allow - ing the new districts to stay in place, at least for now.