With a quorum-breaking number of House Democrats still out of state, House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, gaveled the first special session to an end Friday. Gov. Greg Abbott immediately called a second special session that has already convened.
The Milam County Historical Commission received the Distinguished Service Award from the Texas Historical Commission for their service in 2024. This marks at least the 23rd consecutive year they've received the award, according to the THC's website records.
Gerrymandering, according to the good folks at the dictionary George Merriam and Noah Webster started is “the practice of dividing or arranging a territorial unit into election districts in a way that gives one political party an unfair advantage in elections.”
With the days heating up, temperatures in parked cars rise to extremely hot temperatures. These temps are not only dangerous for children and pets but to books as well. So please be kind to your books and ours by not leaving them in hot cars on these brutal summer days. Extreme temperatures lead to glue binding melting which may not only cause damage to your car but will loosen pages in books. This is especially true for paperback books. High heat will also damage the image on covers, fade print inside books as well as turn the pages yellow. To prolong the life of our books and keep them available for others to enjoy please remember to keep your books out of hot vehicles. This week, we have added the following new titles to our collection: