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Kingsville cat leaps to safety after two-day stay on top of pole Candice Ariella took to Facebook Tuesday night to draw attention to an orange cat she saw stuck atop a pole in Kingsville. Ariella said in the post the cat had been sitting on the pole which by some estimates is about 30 feet tall for at least two days. When she called the Kingsville Police Department, she was told nothing could be done. Despite what the police told Ariella, she continued to post updates on Facebook and seek help in any way she could. As the news of the cat continued to spread, Kingsville City Commissioner Ana Marie Torres came across the news and spoke to City Manager Mark McLaughlin about what could be done. ....
Two bills to submitted to amend BPT kuam.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kuam.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Bills would make 3% BPT permanent for small businesses Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero announced at her State of the Island Address Monday that she’d sign a bill removing the sunset provision on a law temporarily reducing business privilege tax for small businesses. Senators on both sides of the aisle on Tuesday presented two separate measures seeking to make the business privilege tax rate for small businesses 3%. Sens. James Moylan, Tony Ada and Chris Duenas introduced Bill 72. Vice Speaker Tina Muña Barnes and Sens. Joe San Agustin, Jose Pedo Terlaje, Clynt Ridgell and Mary Torres introduced Bill 74. Last year, senators passed a temporary exemption for small businesses. Business that make more than $50,000 and less than $250,000 could waive payment of the 3% business privilege tax. For businesses that make more than $250,000 but less than $500,000 would pay 3% BPT. It was intended to provide relief during the pandemic and would expire in 2022. ....
Updated: 2:48 PM CST March 2, 2021 FALFURRIAS, Texas A Corpus Christi woman died in an accident near Falfurrias Monday, DPS officials said. 51-year-old Aida Marie Torres died when the vehicle she was in a passenger in hit an overturned F-350 towing a utility trailer on SH-285 approximately two miles east of Falfurrias in Brooks County. After a preliminary investigation, DPS officials said a Chevy Trax was driving north on County Road 401 when the driver ignored a stop sign and hit the utility trailer the F-350 was carrying, which was traveling east on SH 285. The impact of the crash caused the utility trailer to overturn in the westbound lanes of SH 285. That s when the driver of a Chevy Traverse hit the overturned trailer, causing the Traverse to roll several times, DPS officials said. Torres was a passenger in the Traverse and died at the scene. ....
Duenas' bill removing governor's power passes narrowly kuam.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kuam.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.