August 2022

Texas public schools required to display “In God We Trust” posters if they are donated

A new law requiring Texas schools to display donated “In God We Trust” posters is the latest move by Republican lawmakers to bring Christianity into taxpayer-funded institutions. Under the law, Senate Bill 797, which passed during last year’s legislative session, schools are required to display the posters if they are donated.

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John Edward Hawk

September 16, 1934, to Charlie Gerard Hawk and Myrtle (Sanderson) Hawk. A visitation will be held on Monday, August 22, 2022 at 6:00 PM 8:00 PM at Mullican Little Funeral Home 754 State Hwy 56 E.

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Mary Leslie Fields

House in Austin on July 29th after a brief battle with cancer. She was born to Joseph and Barbara Fields (nee Quincy) on September 12, 1953, in Columbus, Georgia, while her father was an artillery officer in the U.S.

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Betty Hansen Stephens

She died peacefully surrounded by her children on August 15, 2022 at Presbyterian Village North in Dallas, Texas. She was the daughter of Ingward Carl Johnson and Martha Hansen Johnson, who died in childbirth.

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President Joe Biden’s climate law

When the House of Representatives passed landmark climate legislation on Friday, President Joe Biden chalked up one of the surprise successes of his presidency. Only last month his ambitious agenda appeared sunk after a conservative Democrat and coal baron, Joe Manchin, refused to back it. His vote is crucial in an evenly divided Senate. However, the climate proposals were largely resurrected in the form of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), co-authored by Mr. Manchin, which Congress approved.

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