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Opinion: Employers Will Continue Providing Water Breaks, Workplace Protections for Employees

    Local leaders and politically motivated labor groups are misleading the public, falsely suggesting that construction workers can no longer take water breaks after the Texas Regulatory Consistency Act was signed into law. With temperatures reaching triple digits, this rhetoric is dangerous.

Coastal communities provided with beach mobility items

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D.

Fourth of July cookout prices drop slightly from last year’s record high

A summer cookout for Fourth of July will cost consumers slightly less than last year’s record prices but significantly higher than two years ago, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) marketbasket survey. The national average cost of a summer cookout for 10 people is $67.

Mason San Saba

June 22, 2023 MASON & SAN SABA – Receipts totaled 1,947 head. Demand was very good with an active market this week even with the temperatures and heat index at high levels. The stocker steers sold $2-$4 lower after last weeks strong prices with 15 steers 524 lbs at $250.00 ($1310.00).

Pet Talk

Helping Horses With Equine Asthma Breathe Easier Although asthma symptoms generally worsen in the winter for horses because of the cold, dry air, summer weather can also “stirrup” trouble for horses with a specific form of asthma — summer pasture associated asthma.

Game Warden Field Notes

No Ducks on the Pond An employee with a mobile home park contacted Harrison County Game Wardens to report 18 duck carcasses in the park dumpster. Following a lead from the property manager, wardens identified and located the suspect.

Hill Country Naturalist

Animals and their food choices When we want something to eat, our available choices are many. We can pick one of a long list of restaurants and other prepared-food places, or we can go to the grocery store and chose from an unimaginable assortment of things to eat.

Free citizenship classes available at CTC

Central Texas College (CTC) and Workforce Solutions of Central Texas will offer free citizenship classes for anyone interested in becoming a United States citizen. Classes are scheduled from 9 – 11:30 a.m. every Monday and Wednesday starting July 10.