Financial Focus

Rising prices may not dominate headlines the way they did a year or two ago, but if you’re retired, you’re probably still feeling them.

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Islamic schools admitted to voucher program after suit Four Islamic schools have been admitted to the Texas voucher program after a federal judge ordered the state to invite the schools to apply, the Houston Chronicle reported.

LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

Why did the student eat his homework?Because the teacher told him it would be a piece of cake!What lights up a soccer stadium?A soccer match! Time flies like an arrow. Fruit flies like a banana! How did the duck buy lipstick?She just put it on her bill!What has more lives than a cat?

THE IDLE AMERICAN

One could strip mental gears trying to come up with a more “fitting” name than hers. Pat Worrell laughs at the thought of many introductory variations over the decades.In recent years, many introductions have been reduced to three endearing words: “The hat lady.

Pet Talk

Providing a safe, loving home for a dog is rewarding for many reasons, and it can sometimes be even more so for a canine companion with special needs.

TALES OF DEAF SMITH COUNTY

“We need old friends to help us grow old and new friends to help us stay young”.

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Cornyn reverses filibuster stanceU.S. Sen. John Cornyn last week reversed his opposition to changing the Senate's fili buster rules, writing in an op-ed that legislation in that chamber should pass with a simple majority, the San Antonio Express- News reported.

Financial Focus

If you’re dealing with debt, you’re far from alone. More than 80% of U.S. households carry some form of debt (2025 Federal Reserve report), and since 2019, total household debt for Americans has increased more than 31%, to $18.59 trillion.

LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

Compiled off the Internet by Jeff Blackmon, Publisher of the Hereford BRANDWhen does a duck wake up?At the quack of dawn! How do you make an egg roll? You push it! Why did the baby strawberry cry?Because his parents were in a jam!Why do bees have sticky hair? Because they use a honeycomb!

TALES OF DEAF SMITH COUNTY

“Never miss an opportunity to say a word of congratulations to someone”.