Jess Huff

1 week ago | texastribune.org | Jess Huff |Alejandra Martinez |Alejandra Martínez |Yuriko Schumacher

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2 weeks ago | lufkindailynews.com | Jess Huff

When Mary Beth Hash-Walker heard the Nacogdoches Social Security office was closing, the 72-year-old retiree was quietly glad. She and other Nacogdoches residents have watched the office sit largely vacant for years, used - by her estimate - once a month. "It's the biggest waste of taxpayer dollars that I've seen," Hash-Walker said.

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Jess Huff

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2 weeks ago | texastribune.org | Jess Huff

Sign up for The Brief, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. LUFKIN — When Mary Beth Hash-Walker heard the Nacogdoches Social Security office was closing, the 72-year-old retiree was quietly glad. She and other Nacogdoches residents have watched the office sit largely vacant for years, used — by her estimate — once a month. “It’s the biggest waste of taxpayer dollars that I’ve seen,” Hash-Walker said.

3 weeks ago | lufkindailynews.com | Jess Huff

DIBOLL - Shortly after her eldest son was born in 2021, Acacia Tarver applied for a state scholarship to help her pay for child care. Then she waited. And waited. As time dragged on with no word on aid, Tarver and her husband, Ty'Kiedren, a police officer, discussed who would quit their job to stay at home with their son, Hudson. That July, Tarver put 3-month-old Hudson in a Montessori day care so she could return to work as a surgical coordinator at an insurance company.