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TX Congresswoman files ‘White Supremacy’ Bill

HOUSTON – Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX) recently filed a bill in the House of Representatives proposing to “prevent and prosecute white supremacy-inspired hate crime and conspiracy” by expanding the definition of hate crime currently found in U.S. law.

2nd Chick-fil-A coming to Waxahachie

WAXAHACHIE – Chick-fil-A lovers in Waxahachie will be excited to learn a second Chick-fil-A fix has been approved by the Waxahachie City Council.The new location will be at the intersection of S. Interstate 35E and Landmark Drive.

12-screen movie theater planned for Red Oak

RED OAK – You know a city is growing when it is large enough to warrant a movie theater.Red Oak currently has a population, according to World Population Review, of 15,257, and is the 202nd largest city in Texas with a growth rate of 2.31% annually.

OPINIION: It’s now or never for Congress to cut spending

Discretionary spending has increased $356.6 billion since Fiscal Year 2019 in response to the Covid pandemic in 2020 and increases in transportation and defense spending, according to data compiled by the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB), a 26 percent jump, to $1.7 trillion.

NOTABLE QUOTABLES (February 2, 2023)

OBSERVATIONS“In Washington D.C., retired generals go to work for defense contractors, retired IRS officials teach corporations how to avoid paying taxes and retired FBI officials go to work for the Russians.

OUT TO PASTOR: Sow a thought – reap a pie

One thing that has been burning in my life has been thoughts.Not that I don’t have thoughts, but I’m not quite sure how to use them when I have them.Looking back over my life, it has been my thoughts that often got me into trouble.