STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Medicaid funding restored to Texas hospitals Nearly $12 billion in Medicaid funding to Texas hospitals will be restored after a nearly year-long stalemate between the state and the federal government ended, the Texas Standard reported.Gov. Greg Abbott hailed the end to the impasse.

Financial Focus

Simple budgeting tips that fit real lifeIf you've just started managing your own finances, recommitted to doing it well or noticed your spending isn't making you as happy as you'd hoped, a budget might be exactly what you need.

Letter To The Editor

Last week, the Chamber of Commerce celebrated the 10year anniversary of El Vaquero Restaurant on Park Ave. As part of the celebration, the Chamber presented a framed dollar representing the first dollar earned by the business and took pictures of the owners and several of their employees.

LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

Compiled off the Internet by Jeff Blackmon, Publisher of the Hereford BRANDBest Bad Funny Puns41. I was wondering why the ball was getting bigger. Then it hit me.42. England doesn’t have a kidney bank, but it does have a Liverpool.43. What do you call the wife of a hippie? A Mississippi.44.

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Texas hospitals could lose $27 million daily in Medicaid funding With the state’s new fiscal year beginning on Sept. 1, Texas hospitals are expected to lose $27 million per day in additional Medicaid funding, according to the Texas Standard.

ALL IN: HEAT

ALL IN“It ain’t the heat, it’s the humility.” – Yogi Berra, American Baseball PlayerIn the scorching summer of 2026, tempers are flaring right along with the triple- digit heat. As the sweltering weeks drag on, folks are claiming a few valid reasons to be hot under the collar.

LAUGHS OF THE WEEK

Compiled off the Internet by Jeff Blackmon, Publisher of the Hereford BRANDBest Bad Funny Puns23. My friend drove his expensive car into a tree and found out how his Mercedes bends.24. Becoming a vegetarian is one big missed steak.25. I can’t believe I got fired from the calendar factory.

Financial Focus

In its simplest form, saving can mean putting money into a jar, adding to it and letting it grow slowly. A 401(k), or other workplace retirement plan, is a step beyond that. It’s more like a garden than a jar.

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Industry warns of blackouts if data center opposition overreactsThe pushback against booming data center construction continues to grow, even as the state’s grid operator warns of rolling blackouts in West Texas if new transmission lines aren’t built, the Texas Standard reported.

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Border barrier construction halted in Big Bend Amidst mounting public outcry, the federal government last week halted construction of border barriers through state park property in far West Texas, The Texas Tribune reported.