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H&R Block: Get an early start on the tax season

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The income tax season is right around the corner. With most people focused on the holiday season, the folks at H&R Block in Azle and Springtown want to remind you that it isn’t too soon to begin preparing your income tax returns.

H&R Block is a tax preparation company that offers all the tax services you need — in all the filing options you want.

You can file your taxes at home with an online tax professional, or you can visit an office.

Now there are more ways than ever to get your maximum tax refund, guaranteed.

My not-so normal New Year’s Resolution

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PHAMTASTIC

Another year, and personally, the last thing I want to read about are New Year’s Resolutions. Why? Because I read about them every year, and if I make any, I never follow through with them.

But, I’ll write about them anyway because this year, one resolution jumps to the forefront of my mind, and I really am hopeful that this one WILL happen—it has to.

Life Matters: Launching with 2020 vision

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LIFE MATTERS

Twenty twenty! Two thousand twenty! Holy smokes!

I never doubted that I would live to see 2020 (pun somewhat intended)—after all I just turned 58 last week—but it still seems like a big deal when a new decade begins.

Smithticated: New Year’s Resolutions for 2020

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SMITHTICATED

New. Year. Resolutions. I, like many, have made them every year. I have challenged myself to get in better shape, to lose weight, to just be happier, to be a better mom, or to change one drastic thing that I do not like about myself.

They all have one thing in common…me. It is my goal, my change, my road to… somewhere.

Passing along an interest in the Agriculture Field

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Agriculture 101:

One of my goals for this column has been to create and pass along an interest in agriculture and to stress its importance to everyone.

I will preface this week’s column by saying I have covered a portion of this information before, but it is important!

My college-age offspring tell me the general rule is if a teacher/professor mentions something more than twice, you will see it again in the form of a test question. Well, no testing here, but it is serious business.

Paxton lauds 5th Circuit ruling against the ACA

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STATE CAPITOL HIGHLIGHTS

After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit declared the individual mandate in “Obamacare” unconstitutional on Dec. 18, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expressed his agreement.

“The Fifth Circuit’s holding is clear: the federal government cannot order private citizens to purchase subpar insurance products that they don’t want,” Paxton said. “The individual mandate is the centerpiece of Obamacare and I am glad the Fifth Circuit recognized that it is unlawful.”

Here’s what I know

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It happened — I think — on the way to youth camp, and it must have been almost 15 years ago.

‘Tis the season to prepare your soil

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Why have I spent several weeks discussing soils? Well, it’s important! In the book of Matthew, Jesus talks about seeds falling on good ground and bringing forth fruit. 

Deadline to hit for disaster aid applications

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Texans applying for federal funds for housing repairs and reimbursements relating to Hurricane Harvey damages face an important deadline. T

Governor proclaims results in constitutional amendment election

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Before voter-approved amendments to the Texas Constitution are set in stone, it is the governor’s duty to publicly proclaim the results of the election. On Dec. 4, Gov. Greg Abbott