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Texas’ top lawyer, AG Paxton, cheers federal court ruling against Obamacare

STATE CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton applauded a Dec. 14 Fort Worth federal district court decision declaring unconstitutional the U.S. Affordable Care Act, widely known as “Obamacare.”

Ten months ago, Paxton and Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel led a 20-state coalition lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the 2010 health care law, arguing that Congress rendered all of Obamacare unconstitutional by doing away with the tax penalty in Obamacare’s individual mandate when it enacted President Donald Trump’s tax overhaul.

Getting ready to say goodbye to an old friend

Iwalked past my 2004 pickup truck the other day and another piece of it fell off. A few months ago when it rained every day, I was backing up my

What’s on your list?

We’ve all seen the commercials from a particular credit card c o m p a n y : “What’s in your wallet?” I recently heard a person being interviewed on

Some ghosts of Christmas memories past

The holiday season is the most memory rich time of the year – that especially rings true if you have children. There are plenty of chances to take part in

Texans, Americans mourn the death of former president George H.W. Bush

Gov. Greg Abbott on Dec. 3 proclaimed Dec. 5 as an official day of mourning across the Lone Star State in honor of former President George H.W. Bush, the 41st

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Satan is hard at work in Illinois The state of Illinois has a Mephistophelian – devilish – statue erected illustrating the fall of man where once in the capital was

Creed II not a knockout but has its moments

It’s sequel time again – just like last week and most of the weeks before that. Today, the Movie Man is going to tell you a story about moviegoing that

Letter to the editor

contractor: three months and counting Why does a contractor need to shut down a city street for three months? It doesn’t take that long to connect to city services. They

Please tell me if I need a brassiere. Thank you.

Iwent to the restroom here at work which is something you have to do when you either have drunk eight cups of coffee and consumed a diet Coke before 10

ICE!: Hurry up and wait...but it’s worth it

Last week I finally did something that I have planned to do annually for as long as I can remember: I took my son to the ICE! exhibit at the