Both the Texas House and Senate have passed a mid-decade redistricting bill that positions the GOP to pick up five additional congressional seats next year. Passage came after House Democrats ended their quorum-breaking walkout while still vowing to pursue legal challenges.

It seems the majority of the new arrivals were also drawn to the city life and set up home near their, “Illegal Alien” friends. They too decided they didn’t want to become American citizens. They had no desire to adopt Texas or American culture, learn the language, or assimilate in anyway. They actually separated themselves from the rest of Texas society, started opening up businesses with signs written in their mother tongue, and catered to their own kind. There was sometimes even open disdain for Texans, as well as the Texas Aliens.

I related this saga several years ago, but unique stories deserve a second chance. It seems that Madison County’s first Mathis was Alabama-born Willis W.

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS With a quorum-breaking number of state House Democrats returning to Texas late, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gaveled the first special session to an end Friday, Aug. 15.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked the state Supreme Court to remove 13 of the more than 50 House Democrats who fled the state to break quorum and effectively halt the special session to prevent a mid-decade redistricting plan, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

News Alert: As we have suspected, beings from another world have been monitoring our planet for some time now. They have been searching for the perfect place to make their initial contact with mankind and, what do you know, they picked rural Texas to make their grand debut.

Texas Democrats left the state Sunday in hopes of derailing a mid-decade redistricting plan, The Dallas Morning News reported. State Rep.

My July 23, 2025, Musings related facts about Madisonville Sidewalk Cattlemen’s Association from 1941 through 1949, when members worked to improve MSCA’s image here and elsewhere. Apparently, that continued.

MINGLE WITH KLINGLE “I pay your salary.” (a bit of satire folks) I cannot but shake my head and chuckle when I hear someone exclaim, “I pay your salary.” This statement is most prevalent when someone wants to express their dismay with law enforcement or demand personal attention. I have found that in the former case, most of these people are just generally unhappy and are under the illusion that public servants are among those that MUST listen to their disgruntled opinions.