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Texas House eying a Thursday vote on Medicaid expansion; supporters say they have enough votes Madlin Mekelburg, Austin American-Statesman © Stephen Spillman, for Statesman Olga Kauffman, of San Antonio attends a rally to expand Medicaid at the Capitol in March, 2019. [Stephen Spillman for Statesman] As the Texas House takes up the roughly $250 billion state budget on Thursday, Democrats will propose an amendment to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act — and they could have the votes for it to pass. State leaders are facing heightened pressure to expand...

As the Texas House takes up the roughly $250 billion state budget on Thursday, Democrats will propose an amendment to expand Medicaid coverage under the Affordable Care Act — and they could have the votes for it to pass. State leaders are facing heightened pressure to expand coverage through the joint state-federal program to more low-income Texans after the federal government this month rescinded approval for a waiver that delivers billions of dollars to a safety net program for uninsured Texans. A bipartisan group of legislators urged their colleagues to consider bills that would expand...

We're raising funds, and collecting instruments, for low-income students that want to participate in their school band.

Place 1, 2 Abilene City Council candidates step up for votes The races for Places 1 and 2 on the Abilene City Council are overshadowed by big questions. Those include the reliability of the city's water supply in the wake of the February winter storm, further street and infrastructure improvements and calls for accountability. COVID-19, along with loss of sales tax revenue, has taken a toll on the city's budget, while talk of a 2022 bond election, with some big-ticket items floated, occurs at a time when many residents only now are seeing the potential for basic financial recovery. Some ca...

1. Say Cheese! It was announced Friday that Great Lakes Cheese is coming our way, bringing more than 500 jobs and a local investment shy of $200 million with its packaging and distribution facility. Local leaders lined up to break the news, that actually came first virtually from Austin and Gov. Greg Abbott, with state Rep. Stan Lambert at his left and state Sen. Dawn Buckingham at his right. Hints of a big announcement started in the fall. As Abilene emerges from the economic challenges of the pandemic, this is great news in moving forward. One more thing - Abbott promised to attend the ...