4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (367+ words) Editor’s note: This is part of a recurring series of stories detailing significant achievements and dates of the United States of America. Polk County Publishing is providing the stories in honor of the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration…...

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (836+ words) With the state’s new fiscal year beginning on Sept. 1, Texas hospitals are expected to lose $27 million per day in additional Medicaid funding, according to the Texas Standard. The shortfall follows the Trump administration’s withholding of approval for about $9.8 billion in…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (388+ words) “The hills were alive with wildflowers and I Was as wild, even wilder than theyFor at least I could runThey just died in the sunAnd I refused to just wither in place” – Dolly Parton, “Wildflowers” Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean, known…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (1093+ words) Amidst mounting public outcry, the federal government last week halted construction of border barriers through state park property in far West Texas, The Texas Tribune reported. Customs and Border Protection Commissioner Rodeny Scott personally stopped construction until he could visit…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (829+ words) Two Confederate generals met with Emperor Maximilian on Aug. 24, 1865, and presented their bold plan for keeping the Austrian puppet on the Mexican throne. The battle-scarred cavalrymen of the famed Iron Brigade spent the last weeks of the Civil War guarding…...