State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

Drier, warmer weather in November Blame it on La Niña. Blame it on La Niña. By the end of November, nearly half the state was experiencing drought conditions, up 25 percentage points from the end of October, according to Dr. Mark Wentzel, a hydrologist with the Texas Water Development Board.

Bipartisan group of representatives urge president to keep U.S. crude oil exports policy

U.S. Representative August Pfluger (TX-11) and U.S. Representative Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28) led a group of colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden over reports that the administration is considering a reinstatement of a ban on U.S. crude oil exports.

The Richland Springs Report

I tend to wander when I ponder. This Covid pandemic has sent me wandering and pondering over all the contradictions we get from our leaders. I don’t know who has the right of it, but I do know how it has affected our students. Children take their cues from adult voices and faces.

Congressman August Pfluger, U.S. Representative

Americans are literally paying the price for the Biden Energy Crisis On October 21st, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) gave an impassioned speech on the House Floor standing up for the American oil and gas industry and against President Biden’s radical anti-American energy agenda.

State Capital HIGHLIGHTS

State lowers price cap for power providers The state’s Public Utility Commission last week lowered the maximum allowable wholesale price for electricity by almost half, from $9,000 per megawatt hour to $5,000.

Representative David Spiller, Texas State Representative for House District 68

Friday, December 3rd, State Representative David Spiller joined Texans for Responsible Government (TRG) in an amicus brief to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit Court objecting to the Biden Administration’s overreaching and unprecedented vaccine mandate.

What we know about the Omicron Variant

At this point, there are more questions than answers about the new coronavirus variant discovered in southern Africa, says Texas A&M University epidemiologist Rebecca Fischer.

Letter to the Editor

Dear Editor: We were needing some rock work done on our family grave site and called Barnes & McCullough Lumber to see if they could help us. We were told to contact Randal Hawkins, and although he had never done that type of work before, he was ready and willing to take on the challenge.

The Richland Springs Report

With difficulty, I made it home early Saturday morning. Friday morning, I showed up at the local airport to take the puddle jumper into San Jose, only to find they had cancelled my flight and rescheduled a flight that would arrive at 9:40 a.m.

Pet Talk

Benefits and Dangers of the Turtle Hibernation Cycle Just like bears, turtles can go into hibernation, but pet owners need to be aware of some possible dangers about the process.