AUSTIN, Texas – Public-education advocates are crying foul over a tax-credit provision in a Texas school-reform package proposed this week by the incoming head of the Senate Education Committee. They say it’s a backdoor attempt to introduce school vouchers to the state.
AUSTIN — The Texas unemployment rate fell to 6.2 percent in November, down from 6.6 percent in October and 7.3 percent at the start of 2012. The unemployment rate in Texas remains well below the national rate of 7.7 percent. Texas employers added 22,100 total nonfarm jobs in November for a total of 278,800 jobs added over the year.
AUSTIN — The Texas unemployment rate fell to 6.2 percent in November, down from 6.6 percent in October and 7.3 percent at the start of 2012. The unemployment rate in Texas remains well below the national rate of 7.7 percent. Texas employers added 22,100 total nonfarm jobs in November for a total of 278,800 jobs added over the year.
FORT HOOD, Texas — Fort Hood officials have released the name of a Soldier who died from injuries suffered in a single-vehicle accident at approximately 2 a.m. December 20 in Albuquerque, N.M.
Specialist Marcus Orin Williams, 27, whose home of record is listed as Winslow, Ariz., entered active-duty service in April 2006 as an motor transport operator.
Misty Michelle Bunch Harrell of Salado passed away on December 15, 2012.
By Peter Malof
Texas News Service
AUSTIN, Texas – ‘Tis the season for splurging. And why not, when stores make it so easy – even if you’re short on cash. Half of the nation’s major retailers offer so-called “zero-interest” financing plans. But consumer advocates are offering their own holiday message: read the fine print. Deferred-interest deals, they say, can wind up increasing total financing costs by more than 27 times.
Belton— Memorial services for John D. ‘J. D.’ Hinsley, 88, of Salado will be held at 1:00 PM Monday, December 17, 2012, at the Dossman Funeral Home Chapel with Dr. Leroy Kemp officiating.
Salado Village Voice returns to its roots this week as the 34-year-old newspaper unveils a new broadsheet standard.
“The newspaper started out in 1979 as a broadsheet in the style of the old newspapers of the 19th century,” Editor-in-Chief Tim Fleischer said. “Dayton Kelley modeled his Salado Village Voice around the old broadsheets like the New York Times with straight columns and lots of type.”
Salado Village Voice returns to its roots this week as the 34-year-old newspaper unveils a new broadsheet standard.
“The newspaper started out in 1979 as a broadsheet in the style of the old newspapers of the 19th century,” Editor-in-Chief Tim Fleischer said. “Dayton Kelley modeled his Salado Village Voice around the old broadsheets like the New York Times with straight columns and lots of type.”
Specialist Jeffrey Scott Ridinger
Fort Hood officials have released the name of a Soldier who was found unresponsive in his barracks room December 14, 2012 here. Emergency Medical Services personnel pronounced him deceased the same day.