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Letters Lessons learned A few days ago I realised that I had forgotten to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the great Post Office strike of 1971. I joined the Post Office in January 1970 and I usually had three shifts: mornings starting at around 5am for a delivery round, afternoons in the bag-cleaning room, and a night shift on parcels. In those days the Post Office comprised of letters, parcels and counter services, as well as telecommunications - though my own area of work was letters and parcels. When I started I had a week with an experienced postman and then I was on my own. We were due...

Texas House takes modest steps to avoid another winter blackout with weatherization and communication Texas House takes modest steps to avoid another winter blackout with weatherization and communication The bills advanced Sunday would revamp management of the state’s main electric grid and tackle weatherization and emergency communication. The Texas House on Sunday advanced two bills that would take modest steps to prevent a repeat of the state's winter blackouts, by revamping the management of the electric grid and tackling weatherization and emergency communication. Feb. 15 file photo s...

Texas House goes further than Senate to protect state's main power grid Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune May 24, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3Kim Scott takes in a pan of biscuits that he cooked on his outdoor grill for breakfast on Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. Scott and his wife, Clara, lost power in their home about 7 p.m. on Monday. Scott said they still managed to cook dinner last night on the grill as well. They live in a subdivision off Vance Jackson Road where according to the CPS Energy website has one of the most extensive outages in the city.Kin Man Hui/Staff photographe...

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Texas lawmakers want lobbyists trained on sexual harassment after date rape drug allegations Houston Democrat Senfronia Thompson is also proposing an administrative path for the Texas Ethics Commission to pull licenses from lobbyists who make unwanted sexual advances The House chamber in the Texas Capitol in Austin on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. (Juan Figueroa/ The Dallas Morning News)(Juan Figueroa) with authorities’ decision not to press charges and at 4:46 p.m. to reflect the passage of Neave’s bill extending the time to file a sexual harassment complaint with the state. AUSTIN — ...