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Public Fridges Popping Up In Food Insecure Neighborhoods
On Austin’s Eastside, a public fridge stocked with food is a lifeline for the community. Potentially more westward and into the Hill Country.
Kerrville Area Chamber names Midland man as new CEO
Barnett, who was chosen during a Tuesday meeting of the board, has more than 20 years of business and chamber experience and most recently served as the executive vice president of tourism and facilities at the Midland Chamber of Commerce for the past nine years.
Lennar could build 125 affordable homes in Kerrville
The Kerrville City Council will consider Tuesday during a special meeting providing homebuilder Lennar 33 acres of city-owned property to approximately 125 affordable homes along Texas Loop 534.
Cottle Farmstead market open every other Saturday
By Melissa Federspill at the Uvalde Leader-News, October 19, 2020 Every other Saturday morning, locals with a fondness for fresh, farm-to-table goods can make their way over to 310 Pearsall Road to visit the Cottle Farmstead market, where there’s a bounty of organic produce and fresh-baked goods on display. Cottle Farmstead is the made-with-love project
Texas unemployment rate rises to 8.3% in September
After a summer of declining unemployment rates following Gov. Greg Abbott's widespread business reopenings during the pandemic, the state's unemployment rate jumped to 8.3% in September.
Changes in Funding for Texas Special Ed. Needed Now, Committee Says
Full reform of the state funding system for special education is necessary, but given the current “financial and societal climate” alternatives to that overall goal may be necessary.
CHDI receives $46,479 grant for pandemic response
Community Health Development Inc. has received a $46,479 grant from the Community Foundation of the Texas Hill Country’s pandemic response fund, “Hill Country Strong.”
Kerrville Farmers Market set for an open-air return on Oct. 2
Kayte Graham, who runs the market, has been keeping the popular market alive through curbside pickup service at Pint and Plow during the coronavirus pandemic, but earlier this week, she happily announced that the open-air market would return on Oct. 2 at the Schreiner Mansion on Water Street, near the Butt-Holdsworth Memorial Library.
Home Prices on the Rise in Texas
Looking to buy a new home? Mortgage interest rates have hit all-time lows during the pandemic’s economic downturn. The same cannot be said of home prices, which are going nowhere but up. That could all change next year when the eviction moratorium is lifted, but for now, it’s a seller’s market.
Congress weighs new coronavirus aid bill, will mixed-status families get left out again?
U.S. citizens who have undocumented family members were barred from receiving stimulus checks earlier this year. They're hoping that Congress doesn't leave them out again.
Texas physicians losing money during the pandemic, wanting health insurers to pay up.
The Texas Academy of Family Physicians is also asking legislators to expand Medicaid insurance coverage to low-income adults and restore funding for a program that studied racial health disparities.
In Texas, the lowest-income workers don’t qualify for additional unemployment aid
Nearly 350,000 Texans don't qualify for the extra payment because they either earned too little from the work they lost or didn't indicate on paperwork that they lost their jobs due to the pandemic.
