Community & Opinions

Sharing the wheel

C O M M E N T A R Y | SUEJANESULLIVAN@GMAIL.COM This week I’ll turn it over to a guest columnist. Recently, I wrote about how we used to give and take directions without the use of today’s technology.

2025 Community Calendar

SPUR VISITOR CENTER, 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue, is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce and open during regular hours Tuesday–Saturday. Visitors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 271-3097.

Going through the motions

Shed a Little Light After four months of physical therapy for my knee replacement, I graduated with honors. This was unfamiliar territory for me, a disciplined and concentrated program of making my body do things it had once done so effortlessly.

Acting Texas comptroller Kelly Hancock announces state revenue for fiscal 2025, August state sales tax collections

AUSTIN— Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today released totals for fiscal 2025 state revenues, in addition to announcing monthly state revenues for August. • General Revenue-related revenue for fiscal 2025 totaled $86.08 billion, up 2.7 percent from fiscal 2024. • All Funds revenue was $183.

2025 Community Calendar

SPUR VISITOR CENTER, 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue, is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce and open during regular hours Tuesday–Saturday. Visitors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 271-3097.

Abbott signs redistricting bill; lawsuit challenges it

AUSTIN— Gov. Greg Abbott signed legislation redrawing Texas’ congressional map on Friday. A lawsuit challenging the redrawn districts as being racially discriminatory was filed even before the bill became law.

Asking for a friend

A lifelong friend of mine has a daughter who went through a messy divorce. Truth be told, it had been a messy marriage. The dissolution finished off what were many years of anything but happily ever after.

2025 Community Calendar

SPUR VISITOR CENTER, 101 Hill Street at Burlington Avenue, is operated by the Spur Area Chamber of Commerce and open during regular hours Tuesday–Saturday. Visitors seeking information on the area may email spurchamber@gmail.com or call (806) 271-3097.

Redistricting bill heads to Abbott’s desk

AUSTIN— Both the Texas House and Senate have passed a mid-decade redistricting bill that positions the GOP to pick up five additional congressional seats next year. Passage came after House Democrats ended their quorum-breaking walkout while still vowing to pursue legal challenges.