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Older Texans face steep ACA price hikes

Supreme Court blocks lower court redistricting ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday blocked a lower court ruling that threw out the state’s new congressional map, allowing the new districts to stay in place, at least for now. A federal panel, by a 2-1 vote, said a few days earlier that the new map was racially gerrymandered.
The Dallas Morning News reported Justice Samuel Alito signed the order after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appealed the lower court’s decision, which would have forced the state to revert to the old map.

November 23, 2025

To all candidates in the March 3, 2026 Primary Elections:

I am announcing my intention to seek re-election to the position of Hemphill County Treasurer.

Steve and I moved here from Amarillo in 1981 and raised our two adventurous children, Blaine and Amber, here in Canadian. They both graduated from CISD.

I have earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administrative Management and attended many conferences, webinars and workshops to stay current. I worked at the First National Bank of Canadian for 28 years and have worked for Hemphill County 16 years.

Misdemeanor Arrests
None

Felony Arrests
None

Citations
• Juvenile, Canadian; possession, purchase, consumption or receipt of cigarettes, e-cigarettes or tobacco products by minor prohibited, and tobacco on school property; 11/11/25

• Eddy Gene Pickett, Canadian; no liability insurance and driving while license invalid (suspended) with prior convictions; 11/13/25

TEA releases financial accountability ratings

More than four-fifths of Texas public schools received an ‘A’ rating for their financial practices, according to the Texas Education Agency, which released the final financial accountability ratings for the latest school year last week.

A total of 969 school districts and charter schools, or 81%, received the top rating for their financial management practices.

Fernando Escalante, 60, of Garden City, Kansas, died Saturday, Nov. 15, in a collision with a deer on US 83 north of Canadian. Two passengers in the 2014 Jeep Wrangler— his wife, Maria Escalante, 65, and Aburto Quintil Dominguez, 59—both sustained serious injuries and were transported to Hemphill County Hospital.