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Opinion

Small business needs help weathering the coronavirus storm

TODD PENDLETON Contributor

Small businesses are the backbone and lifeblood of the American economy — and of our own community. We both thank you for your support and issue a public service announcement — 

“We need you to help us get through this time.”

Small businesses are the lifeblood of a community

Whether it’s your favorite restaurant, where they know you by name, or your neighborhood coffee shop where they know you by drink, or your favorite gym, spin class or Barre3, where they burn off those brisket and latte calories, or the local ice cream shop where your kids gather after a little league game, small businesses are the lifeblood of our communities.

Without vibrant small businesses, our unemployment rates would skyrocket and our economy would tank into recession.

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Abbott taps Wilson for Texas Health role

Gov. Greg Abbott named Phil Wilson, a resident of Four Points, as acting executive commissioner for the Texas Health and Human Services Commission. 

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March 29 2020 Issue

Daily life changes with COVID-19 pandemic

H-E-B shoppers form a line before the store opens at 8 a.m. on March 18. MELISSA HARRIS

By LYNETTE HAALAND, Four Points News

Melissa Harris was about 30th line at the Four Points H-E-B one recent Wednesday morning, some 20 minutes before it opened at 8 a.m., the new hours the grocery store has in place to help restock shelves during the coronavirus pandemic.

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March 22 2020 Issue