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.

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS The number of people still missing in the July 4 Kerr County flood dropped to two after another body was recovered last week, the Austin American-Statesman reported. These numbers were accurate at press time.

Recently I’ve struggled organizing the Museum’s Madisonville Sidewalk Cattlemen’s Association exhibit because I love it so. I’ve decided it’s not going to be finished; instead, since we have a plethora of items, I’ll change things in and out until September. Today I pulled from a page of a Houston Chronicle dated December 21, 1949.

Gov. Greg Abbott said late last week the statewide death toll from the catastrophic flooding in the Hill Country stands at 135, and the number of persons missing has dropped to three.