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Bill to Require Drug Testing for Welfare Recipients Goes Before Texas Lawmakers

Danny Merrell — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 13:50:56 +0000

It’s called Texas Senate Bill 21 of the 83rd Legislature. This bill calls for mandatory drug testing of applicants for welfare and unemployment benefits. The Senate Committee on Economic Development has scheduled a hearing on the bill this morning (3/13). The bill has the backing of Governor Rick Perry and Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst. Republican [...]

Texas Debates Making Noodling Legal

Danny Merrell — Thu, 19 May 2011 18:54:45 +0000

Brady Knowlton is very hands-on when it comes to noodling. The 30-year-old Texan is pushing the state legislature to pass a bill which would make it legal to noodle, which is fishing with your hands. Knowlton tells The Wall Street Journal he loves “the heebie-jeebies you get underwater, in the dark, with this little sea [...]

Texas Budget Shortfall? — World's Finest Chocolate To The Rescue!

Danny Merrell — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 18:10:48 +0000

You recognize the candy in the picture, don't you?

I call it 'magic candy'...that's because every time my doorbell rings, bars of the 'World's Finest Chocolate' magically appear in the hands of a soft-spoken, mumbling child asking me if I could help his or her school or church group.

And I always end up buying at least a couple bars of candy because I know that my kids have done, or will do the same thing, AND because, the 'World's Finest Chocolate' is really pretty dang good. And it must be a pretty good fundraising method because they've been around since 1949!!

With that being said...Texas Legislators...please listen, I think we might have a solution for the budget shortfall.