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Ellis County Precinct 3 Commissioner Paul Perry was honored recently by the Texas Association of Counties (TAC) for 5 years of pursuing excellence in his county investment education during the 2022 Conference of the County Investment Academy held in Galveston June 27-29.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy is caught in an awkward, painful place.

BERLIN (AP) — The head of the United Nations warned Friday that the world faces “catastrophe” because of the growing shortage of food around the globe. U.N.

AUSTIN –Attorney General Paxton filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court opposing the Department of Justice’s request to stay a district court order vacating the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) September 2021 Immigration Prioritization Memorandum. Federal law requires DHS to detain certain aliens who have committed crimes and aliens with final orders of removal, but DHS’s Memorandum ignores those requirements.

Ellis County elections administrator Jana Onyon still has a job — for now, thanks to a huge pushback from supporters at a public meeting called to bring her service into question. In a lengthy session that stretched from Friday afternoon well into the evening at the Ellis County Historic Courthouse, the county Elections Commission heard never-before-aired “concerns” from county Republican Party chair Randy Bellomy and three others accusing Onyon of election fraud and other misdeeds.

In a meeting in which the Midlothian ISD board of trustees received bad construction news on Jean Coleman Elementary School, they also received some happier tidings last Monday evening: The Heritage High School expansion project is mostly on track for opening in time for classes next month.

The Midlothian Police Department has a dedicated “Safe Exchange Zone” at its facility. The Safe Exchange Zone provides a safe environment for people, who buy, sell, or trade items in private party transactions, with people they don’t know.