Texas, other states gain temporary stays against Biden mandates

A federal judge, this past Tuesday, blocked President Biden’s administration from enforcing a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees of federal contractors, the latest in a string of victories for Republican-led states pushing back against Biden’s pandemic policies.

Bagley elected president of TQHYA

Robert Tell Bagley has been elected to head the 2022 Texas Quarter Horse Youth Association Executive Committee as president. Bagley, a junior at Nazareth High School, has been showing horses since he was 6 years old and has had leadership roles in TQHYA for the last 4 years.

UTMB puts vaccine mandate on hold

The University of Texas Medical Branch won’t require its employees and students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 — walking back a policy officials announced last month — after a U.S district court judge temporarily halted federal rules applying to millions of health care workers nationwide.

County producers urged to report forage losses

Castro County U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) Executive Director Morgan Foreman reminds livestock producers who suffered grazing losses that occurred throughout 2021 due to drought to report their losses timely and to enroll in the Livestock Forage Disaster Program...