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STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

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STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Gary Borders
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
New challenge to school funding system The Midland school district is suing Education Commissioner Mike Morath and other state leaders in another challenge to the state’s public school finance system, known as “Robin Hood,” according to The Texas Tribune.

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Hospital Board orders November election, authorizes bed decommissioning

Jim Steiert
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
While tax abatement occupied much of their time, the Deaf Smith County Hospital District board had other business to deal with at their July 23 meeting, including ordering a November 3 election for choosing hospital board members and reviewing and approving financial statements and statistical...
Speed limits lowered on several northwest county roads

Speed limits lowered on several northwest county roads

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Speed limits lowered on several northwest county roads

Jim Steiert
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
Locals were already having to poke along on many of the county roads involved, lest their vehicles become rattletraps, but county commissioners made lower speed limits official on an array of mostly northwestern county roads during a regular meeting July 14 at the County Courthouse.
MIGHTY MAROON MARCHERS

MIGHTY MAROON MARCHERS

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MIGHTY MAROON MARCHERS

News Staff
Wednesday, July 29, 2026
The Mighty Maroon Marching Band welcomed incoming freshmen students last week, and on Monday the entire band met up to begin summer band practice.
WHAT THEY BITIN' ON? Just a couple of fishing buddies, adapting to what the fish are taking. A grandson catches his first rainbow trout on the same fly rod his granddad acquired at the age of 14. (Debbie Mc-Glothlin photo)

WHAT THEY BITIN' ON? Just a couple of fishing buddies, adapting to what the fish are taking. A grandson catches his first rainbow trout on the same fly rod his granddad acquired at the age of 14. (Debbie Mc-Glothlin photo)

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Hoping to keep passing on the fly fishing tradition

Jim Steiert
Saturday, July 25, 2026
If I never do another thing right in fishing, I did pass on the tradition and introduced our daughter Jaime and both of our grandkids to catching nice rainbow trout on a fly rod.
Jeff Blackmon

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LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

News Staff
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Actual bumper stickers* I don’t suffer from insanity, I enjoy every minute of it.* Hard work has a future payoff. Laziness pays off NOW.* Tell me to ‘stuff it’ – I’m a taxidermist.* IRS: We’ve got what it takes to take what you’ve got.

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What the return of New World screwworm means for human health

News Staff
Saturday, July 25, 2026
Reports of the New World screwworm returning to the United States have raised concern. Driven northward from Central America and expanding across our southern borders, this parasitic fly has officially reemerged after a 44-year absence, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).
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