KELI From Inkwell, this is the Amarillo News Drop. I'm Keli, with Hast.
HAST James Talarico won Tuesday night. First Democrat to take a Texas U.S. Senate seat since 1988. He beat Ken Paxton. The race reshapes the state's delegation and signals a hard shift in how Austin will move on health care, education spending, and federal court fights — Paxton had defended the state's Medicaid cuts to Planned Parenthood. Talarico's team is already signaling he'll work across the aisle on rural broadband and energy, but the Medicaid question isn't settled. The Justice Department is moving to intervene in that lawsuit now, betting Paxton's office won't fight as hard under Democratic leadership. That's the structural play: a Senate flip can unwind a state AG's litigation priority in hours.
KELI Locally, the Amarillo Police Department is hosting a job fair Monday at the Tri-State Fairgrounds Commercial Exhibit Hall. Red, White, and You — applicants can meet recruiters and apply in person. The City Marshal's office is also hiring code enforcement officers. Both postings are live if you're looking.
HAST West Texas A&M is running two free concerts this week in the Mary Moody Northen Recital Hall. WT Jazz Band I and II perform tonight at seven-thirty. The saxophone studio goes tomorrow at the same time. No ticket required.
KELI The Amarillo Museum of Art opens its annual Christmas Roundup holiday market Friday through Sunday at the Civic Center. Weekend pass is ten dollars. Children twelve and under are free.
KELI Before we close, a history note.
HAST On this day in 1987, a Provisional IRA bomb exploded during a Remembrance Day ceremony in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland. Twelve people were killed and sixty-three wounded.
KELI That's the Amarillo News Drop. Full script and sources at inkwell.wiki/news/amarillo.
KELI Before we close, a word from Inkwell. Over at Gil's Intelligent Version there's a piece on what the original words of scripture actually say about the Trinity — before any translation decided for us.
HAST Six words, examined in Hebrew and Greek. It's at inkwell dot wiki, slash trinity.
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