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Roadwork Report Week of September 28 – October 4

Bowie County   I-30 – From FM 989 to Arkansas state line, widening highway. Westbound lanes split. Left lane for thru traffic, no option to exit. Right lane for local traffic, can exit. Some westbound ramp closures I-30 – From FM 989 to FM 3419, extension of frontage roads. FM 2148 closed under I-30 bridge…

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AI Will Soon Have a Say in Approving or Denying Medicare Treatments

By Lauren Sausser and Darius Tahir September 25, 2025 Taking a page from the private insurance industry’s playbook, the Trump administration will launch a program next year to find out how much money an artificial intelligence algorithm could save the federal government by denying care to Medicare patients. The pilot program, designed to weed out…

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Deadline Nears to Apply for Summer Cooling Bill, Crisis Help 

SHREVEPORT, La. (Sept. 25, 2025) – The Sept. 30 deadline for eligible SWEPCO customers in Arkansas and Louisiana to get assistance through the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) is fast approaching. Arkansas customers facing disconnection can apply for crisis benefit funds, while summer cooling funds are available for eligible customers in Louisiana.…

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U.S. Lags China in Factory Robot Deployment by 5 to 1 Ratio

World Robotics 2025 Report by International Federation of Robotics released Frankfurt am Main, GERMANY – 25th September 2025 – The new World Robotics report recorded 393,700 industrial robots working in US factories – an increase of 3% year-on-year. Annual installations reached 34,200 units in 2024 – down 9%, but 30% higher compared to ten years…

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Culinary Arts to host “A Taste of Fall” buffet luncheon

September 24, 2025 The Northeast Texas Community College (NTCC) Culinary Arts Program will present its fall buffet luncheon, A Taste of Fall, on Thursday, Oct. 23 from 12 to 2 p.m. at the NTCC Culinary Arts school in downtown Pittsburg (114 Jefferson Street). Guests will enjoy a seasonal menu prepared and served by NTCC Culinary…

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Op-Ed: AI Is a Dangerous Billionaire Boondoggle

Billionaires want to use your tax dollars to put nuclear-powered AI data centers in drought-prone farmland. What could go wrong? By Kendra Kay | September 24, 2025 There’s a reason people say “Don’t Mess with Texas.” Texans know you can’t take BS to the bank. So when I heard Fermi America, an energy startup run…

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OUT OF TOUCH WITH REALITY

Philippians 2: 1-2 “If there be therefore any consolation in Christ, if any comfort of love, if any fellowship of the Spirit, if any bowels and mercies, fulfil ye my joy, that ye be likeminded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.” By Van Yandell A word we often hear in…

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MORE RADIOACTIVE IMPORTED SHRIMP RECALLED, COMMISSIONER MILLER ENCOURAGES AMERICANS TO STICK WITH WILD-CAUGHT TEXAS SHRIMP

“Imported shrimp sold in 31 states has been recalled over radioactive contamination concerns, and that’s flat-out unacceptable. Americans deserve safe, clean food, not imports handled under shady, unsanitary conditions. This is exactly why folks ought to only buy wild-caught Texas shrimp, where quality, freshness, and safety are second to none.”   For more information about…

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