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AUSTIN—Today, State Sen. Kel Seliger announced he will not seek re-election.

State Rep. Ken King today announced that he is running for re-election to the Texas House of Representatives in House District 88. The newly passed district includes Andrews, Bailey, Briscoe, Castro, Childress, Cochran, Collingsworth, Donley, Gaines, Gray, Hale, Hall, Hemphill, Hockley, Lamb, Roberts, Swisher, Wheeler, and Yoakum counties.

AUSTIN—Texas physicians and health professionals today called on Gov. Greg Abbott to rescind his executive order from Monday prohibiting any entities in the state—including hospitals—from requiring their workers or customers to get vaccinated against COVID-19. They criticized Gov. Abbott’s politically-driven anti-vaccine policies for threatening more COVID-19 cases in the already hard hit state.

Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits for approximately 70 million Americans will increase 5.9 percent in 2022, the Social Security Administration announced today. The 5.9 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) will begin with benefits payable to more than 64 million Social Security beneficiaries in January 2022.

On Tuesday, Oct. 26, state Rep. Ken King will tour a segment of House District 88 to discuss the 87th regular legislative session as well as the special sessions that followed. His intinerary is as follows:

Since last Thursday, Canadian ISD has confirmed five new positive cases of COVID-19. As of Tuesday, Oct. 12, the school is reporting four active cases, out of 34 total cases that have been reported since August 16, with 30 of those having returned to campus after the required quarantine period. At Hemphill County Hospital, twenty-two positive test results have been reported in the last 14 days, from Sept. 29 to Oct. 12. There are now ten active cases in Hemphill County, based on COVID-19 tests performed by the HCH Laboratory Department. There are no in-patients with COVID-19 hospitalized here, at this point.

AUSTIN—Starting on Monday, Oct. 25, Texans with phone numbers in the 254, 361, 409, 806, 830, 915, and 940 area codes must dial 10-digits (area code + telephone number) for all local calls.