August 2020

Applications for state U.S. unemployment benefits decreased last week following an unexpected jump, indicating the labor market’s gradual recovery is back on track as COVID-19 infections ease from a surge in the prior two months.

Today is Friday, Aug. 28, the 241st day of 2020.

Runaway Child — An officer was requested in reference to a 13 year old runaway juvenile female to the 1900 block of Cedar St. on Wednesday at 8:40 a.m. An officer responded and after leaving the location to find the juvenile, he was called back and the juvenile had been found.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell announced a new approach to policy Thursday that takes a more relaxed stance on inflation and on its view of how low U.S. unemployment can go.

AUSTIN, Texas - It’s a busy time of year for the Texas A&M Forest Service - many highly destructive pests are emerging in their adult form to reproduce and lay eggs. One such pest on the Forest Service’s most wanted list is the emerald ash borer.

Give Politico’s chief Washington correspondent, Ryan Lizza, some credit. After Michelle Obama’s speech capping the first night of the Democrats’ virtual convention, he tweeted: “Story of an era in two convention speeches: Barack 04: ‘There’s not a black America and white America . ... there’s the United States of America.’ Michelle 20: ‘my message won’t be heard by some people’ because ‘we live in a nation that is deeply divided.’”

As so much despair has gripped our nation during this difficult time, I decided to go into our nation’s most distressed communities with a message of hope and truth. I have been working on policy issues dealing with race and poverty through my organization, UrbanCURE, for 25 years.

Dear Annie: I met this guy, “Bill,” through work. We hit it off. He’d told me he was single. Later, I found out through a mutual colleague that Bill had a girlfriend, “Julie,” a divorced lady with two kids, but he wouldn’t be able to marry her because his family wouldn’t approve their marriage. So, I confronted him. He stated that she was not his girlfriend and that our colleague made the whole story up. Bill and I started dating, and, after a while, I found out that he was still seeing this lady and hanging out with her. I confronted him again, and he stated that it’s not going anywhere with her, and she knows that, too. I do not believe that. I think, deep inside, she thinks she is dating a loyal guy and is waiting for him to propose any minute.