The Dimmitt ISD Board of Trustees met on May 10 and approved the results of the regular election for Places 1 and 5. All places were uncontested.

Dimmitt City Manager Daniel Jackson announced that the next playground project will be getting underway. Jackson said that Playgrounds Etc.

Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday issued an executive order banning local governments and schools from requiring masks.

The Texas Senate on Thursday passed SB 1254, which would protect Texans from the failures of the federal government to secure the Southern border. According to the author of the bill, State Senator Bob Hall, SB 1254 permits Texas to enter into an interstate compact with one or more states, allowing state compact members to enforce border security, traditionally a federal enforcement right.