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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.

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.

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

AUSTIN—Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the formation of the new Cold Case and Missing Persons Unit within the Office of the Attorney General (OAG). This unit will aid and support law enforcement agencies across the state in the investigation and prosecution of unsolved cases, including homicides, missing persons, and other matters centered around human identification and forensic genealogy. The attorney general envisions that the new unit will provide much-needed support for the approximately 19,207 unsolved homicide cases in Texas.