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TWC's releases year-end data; Texas breaks 2024 records for jobs, Texans working

AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott today (Jan. 24) celebrated Texas as America’s job creator with record-breaking highs for total jobs, the number of Texans working, and the size of the Texas labor force based on December 2024 employment data. Texas has now added more than 2.5 million jobs under

A photo of students in a classroom at TSTC's North Texas campus.

TSTC’s North Texas campus begins a new spring semester

(RED OAK, Texas) - Texas State Technical College’s North Texas campus began the spring semester on Monday, Jan. 13, with an unofficial student population of more than 375 students. “What is really cool and exciting is seeing the maturity of the campus,” said Marcus Balch, provost of TSTC’s

City of Ferris to be featured on ‘Advancements with Ted Danson’

The city of Ferris will be a featured storyline on an upcoming episode of the award-winning television show, “Advancements with Ted Danson.” The episode “will focus on how technology and innovation are being used to transform and empower local government and public administration,” according to the production company’s website,

Governor names Waxahachie as a 2025 Small Business Summit host city

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has announced that Waxahachie is among the 15 communities selected as Small Business Summit host cities for this year. The Waxahachie-based summit will be held from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Thursday, July 24, at a location still to be announced. The event is

Graphic for the Waxahachie Coffee Crawl on Jan. 18.

Saturday’s Coffee Crawl to showcase downtown Waxahachie’s offerings

The Waxahachie Downtown Merchants Association is hosting a Coffee Crawl to kick off its slate of activities for 2025. The free event, slated for 10 a.m.-3 p.m. this Saturday, Jan. 18, invites the community to enjoy not only the different coffee stops scattered through the city’s

A view of the Texas Capitol in Austin. Photo courtesy of ricraider, Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

State Senate committees set; Ellis County's senators on 9 of 16

The 89th legislature kicked off Tuesday, Jan. 14, with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick already announcing the state Senate committees. Ellis County is well represented amongst those bodies, as it is currently divided between two state senatorial districts. Sen. Brian Birdwell’s district comprises a large part of the county’s

HHSC notifies public regarding privacy breach

AUSTIN – The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is notifying recipients of agency services and other affected individuals that their protected health, personal identifying information or sensitive personal information may have been inappropriately accessed, used or disclosed. On Nov. 21, 2024, HHSC learned the account information and personal identifying information