Crosby County News (Ralls, Tex.), Vol. 130, No. 21, Ed. 1 Friday, May 26, 2017 Page: 3 of 28
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Friday, May 26, 2017
Crosby County News
Page 3
State
Capital Highlights
Stale ■ Capital
State budget bill moves
forward as conference
committee agrees
AUSTIN — Texas Sen-
ate and House budget confer-
ees met frequently last week
and on May 20 managed to
reach compromise on a $218
billion state budget for fiscal
years 2018-2019.
However, Senate Bill
1 must gain final approval
from both the House and
Senate in order for the bud-
get to continue on to the gov-
ernor’s desk. But as pressing
a matter as the budget may
seem, the bulk of time in
weekend floor debates was
used on a variety of other
measures, such as property
tax reform, municipal an-
nexation, school bathroom
accommodations for trans-
gender students and religious
conscience considerations
for government employees.
Disagreements among
Republicans, who hold ma-
jorities in the House and Sen-
ate, and the rivalry between
the lieutenant governor and
the House speaker continue
to slow the customary end-
of-session rush of bills. Also,
the usual talk about the need
for a special session to take
care of unfinished business
has arisen as the May 29 end
of the 140-day session ap-
proaches.
One bill that did pass
and is headed to Gov. Greg
Abbott’s desk is House Bill
62, a statewide ban on tex-
ting while driving. Authored
by former speaker and dean
of the House Tom Cradd-
ick, R-Midland, the bill was
sponsored and amended in
the Senate by Sen. Judith
Zaffirini, D-Laredo, who of-
fered companion legislation,
SB 31. The House concurred
in Senate amendments.
“Awareness of the dan-
gers of texting while driv-
ing has been growing, and
an April poll found that 90
percent of Texans support a
statewide prohibition. Ac-
cordingly, it is time for Tex-
as to join the 46 other states
that already have banned
this deadly habit,” Zaffirini
wrote.
Fallen officers honored
The Texas Department
of Public Safety on May 16
held a memorial service in
conjunction with National
Police Week to honor the
state troopers, special agents
and Texas Rangers who have
lost their lives in the line of
duty.
The Texas Governor’s
Mansion was lit with blue
lights on May 17 as part of
the commemoration, as a
sign of solidarity with the
Dallas community, that day
honored officers killed in the
line of duty during a terrorist
attack last July.
Jobless rate unchanged
The Texas Workforce
Commission on May 19 an-
nounced the state’s econo-
my expanded in April with
the addition of 30,400 sea-
sonally adjusted non-farm
jobs, but the seasonally ad-
justed unemployment rate
remained unchanged at 5.0
percent.
Employment in the edu-
cation and health services
industry recorded the largest
private-industry gain over
the month with 10,400 jobs
added, while manufacturing
employment grew by 8,100
jobs and professional and
business services expanded
by 7,400 jobs.
The Amarillo Metro-
politan Statistical Area re-
corded the month’s lowest
unemployment rate among
Texas MSAs with a non-
seasonally adjusted rate of
3.0 percent, followed by the
Austin-Round Rock, Col-
lege Station-Bryan and Lub-
bock MSAs with a rate of 3.2
percent.
West Nile case reported
With the state already on
alert for the Zika mosquito-
borne illness, the Depart-
ment of State Health Ser-
vices on May 16 announced
Texas’ first West Nile illness
of the year.
An adult woman from
Montgomery County devel-
oped the neurologic form of
the disease was diagnosed in
late April, the agency said.
As mosquito counts
climb, the state of Texas is
appealing to the public to
help with the effort to stop
mosquito-borne diseases by
preventing mosquito bites
and eliminating areas where
mosquitoes can reproduce.
Paxton writes letter to
EPA
Attorney General Ken
Paxton’s office sent a letter
dated May 15 to the U.S.
Environmental Protection
Agency, urging the suspen-
sion, review and reconsider-
ation Obama-era EPA regu-
lations that Texas challenged
in 12 lawsuits that are still
pending against the federal
agency.
One example pointed
out in the letter is the EPA’s
“Clean Power Plan,” which
Paxton’s office alleges
would raise electricity costs
while weakening the na-
tion’s power grid. The letter
also mentions the Paxton’s
lawsuit against an EPA rule
on carbon and methane that
he said would harm oil and
gas production in Texas and
across the nation.
HHS receives opioid grant
The Texas Health and
Human Services Commis-
sion on May 19 announced
that Texas would receive a
$27.4 million federal grant
to combat opioid-use disor-
ders.
The increasing rate of
opioid use continues to be
an issue nationwide, and of
the more than 33,000 opioid-
related deaths in the U.S. in
2015, 1,186 were in Texas.
The grant funds will be used
for prevention, training, out-
reach, treatment and recov-
ery support services and will
directly help an estimated
14,000 people over a two-
year period, according to the
agency.
Emma
Lodge
#931
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2017 Crosby County Georgia Mae
Iricson Foundation Scholarship
awarded to Mayo and Chandler
The 2017 Crosby Coun-
ty Georgia Mae Ericson
Foundation Scholarship
was awarded to two Crosby
County students at recent
graduation ceremonies. The
Ericson Foundation schol-
arship is made available to
students in Crosbyton, Ralls,
and Lorenzo, as per the wish-
es of former Crosby County
resident, Georgia Mae Er-
icson. The Crosby County
Georgia Mae Ericson Foun-
dation Scholarship is for two
scholarships in the amount
of $1000 to be divided into
two $500 payments, and is-
sued in the fall and spring
semester.
The scholarship recipi-
ents this year were both Ralls
High School students and
their names were announced
at the graduation ceremony.
Scholarship winners were
Montana Chandler and Sa-
mantha Mayo. To receive
the fall payment, a copy of
registered classes or proof of
Remember to
Shop at Home!!
Keep Tax
Dollars in the
county!
enrollment in an institution
must be given. The recipient
must maintain a minimum of
a 2.5 GPA in order to receive
funds for the second semes-
ter.
Montana Chandler
The application, along
with the required one to two
page essay, was judged by
a panel of board members
from the Crosby County Pio-
neer Memorial Museum.
Samantha Mayo
You are invited to the
Crosbyton Chamber of
Commerce and Agriculture
Quarterly Luncheon!
Friday, June 2nd
Prairie Ladies Inn,
124 South Berkshire at Noon
CAM drawing - Must be present to win!
Free lunch
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