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Sales Tax Revenues Continue Upward Trend

Pharr City Manager Dr. Jonathan B. Flores announced that the City of Pharr continues to see positive sales tax growth, reflecting strong local economic activity. Year-to-date true growth increased by 14.34% compared to January 2025, with January collections also up 14.34% from the same month last year. For Fiscal Year 2025–2026, fiscal year-to-date sales tax collections increased by 8.68% and are currently 0.19% ahead of budget, helping support essential city services and community investments.

Some truckers, plumbers, barbers may no longer have a job in 2026

In a sweeping realignment of state policy, Texas has effectively closed the “paperwork gap” for nearly every facet of life on the move. From the specialized tools of a licensed plumber to the steering wheel of a semitruck, the privilege of operating in the Lone Star State now carries a singular prerequisite: definitive proof of legal status.

Epstein’s Twisted World

Amazingly, Jeffrey Epstein’s disastrous lifestyle may have had a bigger impact on the United Kingdom than it had on the United States. A year ago, Prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor (Queen Elizabeth’s second son) had to drop the title “prince” from in front of his name and was forced to move out of his Royal Lodge because of his association wit Jeffrey Epstein. He took up residence in a building on the Royal Family’s privately owned estate in Sandringham. While he had claimed he broke off contact with Epstein when Epstein was released from jail in 2010, official government files showed correspondence between the two camps in 2011 and 2017. Records indicate Epstein continued sending women to Andrew. Two of them subsequently sued him. The first case was settled with cash. The second is more recent. On one occasion Epstein sent a Russian woman to him for dinner. On another occasion, Andrew presumably spent a night with a woman and then gave her a tour of Buckingham Palace. There is a question, of course, as to how much the king and queen knew of his activities and whether they covered them up.

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