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In December 2022, Texas added 29,500 positions, reaching a total of 13,705,500 nonfarm jobs in Texas. December marked the 14th consecutive record employment high in Texas, after the state first surpassed the pre-COVID level in November 2021. The Texas seasonally adjusted unemployment rate declined for the first time in three months to 3.9 percent in December, logging the first month the rate fell below 4.0 percent since February 2020.

It is pretty much a given these days we live in that people will let you down. The “golden rule” of doing unto others as we would have them do unto us seems to be a thing of the past more often that not in these days we live in now. Counting on someone to do the right thing often gets us burned or wondering why. I am not really sure why this seems to be true, other than the Bible tells us that as the days draw closer to His coming return, people will become selfish, lovers of them own selves instead of lovers of God.

The Daingerfield City Council opened their first meeting of the new year on Jan. 9 at the Daingerfield Fire Station. All members were present except Bob Thorne.