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Each degree of warming in Texas slows the state’s economy, an analysis by economists at the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas found.

According to the Center for Disease Control website, in the United States each year, approximately 240,000 women and 2,100 men are diagnosed with breast cancer, and approximately 42,000 women and 500 men die from it. In light of these frightening statistics and the need for greater awareness and screening, the Hays County Commissioners Court recognized October 2023 as Breast Cancer Awareness Month.

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San Marcos police officers and professional staff must receive training on responding to political violence and voter intimidation and ways to develop community trust as part of a legal settlement approved Tuesday over a 2020 incident in which a caravan of Trump supporters were accused of harassing a Biden campaign bus as it drove on Interstate 35.

The San Marcos City Council received staff presentations and held discussions over the Vision SMTX Comprehensive Plan and Downtown Area Plan at their regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday.

Texas’ aging water and wastewater infrastructure – already in disrepair and losing billions of gallons of water a year–is facing a second and equally ominous threat: a worker shortage.

Many types of infrastructure, including electricity and telephones, started out as luxuries but quickly became essential as deployment spread. Just a few years ago, broadband internet access was viewed as a convenience. Mediocre speeds were sufficient for most tasks, and anything beyond that only came in handy to allow movies to stream with fewer glitches. That time, however, has long passed.

The Texas Department of Public Safety again partnered with the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma to offer a five-day Interdiction for the Protection of Children Train the Trainer Course from Sept. 25-29, according to a press release Wednesday.

To best meet the needs of clients across Texas and nationally, Transwestern Real Estate Services recently announced that Brandon Lester, a 17-year veteran of the firm with broad real estate advisory expertise, has been named Central Texas Regional Leader, in a press release Wednesday.

The San Marcos Police Department stated that it is continuing to investigate an incident on Oct. 12 where a 4-year-old student at San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District’s Bonham PreKindergarten found a loaded firearm in the personal backpack of an instructional assistant in the classroom.

The San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District board of trustees decided against hiring chaplains to perform the duties of a school counselor at the regularly scheduled meeting Monday. Senate Bill 763 was recently passed by the Texas Legislature, which according to the Texas Legislature online website, states that a school district may employ a chaplain instead of a school counselor to perform the duties required of a school counselor under this title.