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A Ride To Remember — Amarillo firefighters rescued 18 riders from Wonderland Park’s Texas Tornado roller coaster Saturday night after the ride stopped, using a ladder truck to bring everyone down. No injuries were reported during the park’s 75th anniversary weekend, and the coaster is closed pending an investigation. The Texas Flyover
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Workin’ For A Livin’ — Women now hold more payroll jobs than men in the United States for only the third time in history, and economists say this time may be permanent. Unlike past flips during the Great Recession and just before the pandemic, a former Federal Reserve economist found this shift is structural: two-thirds of the 1.2 million jobs added in the past two years went to women. Men are driving the change by leaving. Male labor force participation has fallen by nearly 20 percentage points since 1948, and one landmark study found that young men poured roughly three-quarters of their newfound free time into video games. The jobs themselves tell the story. Health care and social assistance added more than 680,000 positions over the past year, according to federal data, while male-heavy sectors like manufacturing and transportation shed jobs. The Flyover
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Will Work For Free — Don Huffines was sworn in as Texas Comptroller on Saturday and refused the office’s state salary. The former state senator, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott, said cutting wasteful spending and delivering property tax relief will be priorities. The Texas Flyover
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Y’all Street — The Texas Stock Exchange went fully live on Friday in Dallas, becoming the first new major stock exchange to launch in the U.S. in decades. Nicknamed “Y’all Street,” the exchange completed a phased rollout that began on July 6, and all National Market System symbols can now be traded on it. Its backers include BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, and Charles Schwab. TXSE plans to begin corporate listings later this year and host IPOs starting in 2027, taking on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, both of which have opened dual-listing venues in Texas. “On this historic day, Texas asserts its place as the financial capital of America,” Gov. Greg Abbott said in a statement. The Texas Flyover
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Pioneer Passes — Kay Granger, the first Republican woman from Texas elected to the U.S. House, died Sunday at 83, her son J.D. Granger said. She taught high school English in Birdville schools, then sold insurance after a divorce left her raising three young children. Fort Worth elected her to the city council, then made her its first woman mayor in 1991. Granger won the 12th District seat in 1996 and served for 28 years, 25 of them on the Appropriations Committee, where she pushed for F-35 production in Fort Worth. She took the gavel in January 2023, the first Republican woman to chair it. Granger cast her last vote in July 2024 and retired the following January, citing health challenges her son later described as dementia. The Texas Flyover
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Tag Deadline Reminder — Parmer County Extension Office Manager Deena Lucero reminds you that tags for Fall goats and lambs are due no later than August 20th. Please let your Ag Teacher know or your local 4-H agent, Janelle Duffey. The cost this year is $27.00 per tag. Thanks!
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