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Late former governor Dan Moody’s Taylor residence will play host to the author of his first biography. Ken Anderson, writer of “Dan Moody, Crusader for Justice” and “You Can’t Do That Dan Moody!,” will speak Thursday, Aug.

As the new fiscal year looms, the city is putting most of the pieces together to build a municipal complex over the next year and a half. At the regularly scheduled Taylor City Council meeting Aug.

Taylor Independent School District will add four contracted armed guards from Ranger Security Agency to comply with the new state law. The district’s board of trustees unanimously approved adding the guards from the officers to comply with House Bill 3 during its Aug.

Main Street Elementary students are making sure an American astronaut returns to Earth in proper fashion. Students filmed a “Welcome Home” message to Captain Stephen Bowen Aug.

KIWANIS CLUB • Meets every Wednesday at noon at Sirloin Stockade, 3607 N. Main St.

“Deliberately Diverse” represents the individual thoughts and opinions of a group of Taylor friends who almost never completely agree about anything but are gratified by the opportunity to stimulate deliberately diverse discussions in our beloved community. Today’s column represents the thoughts and opinions of Mitch Drummond, not the Taylor Press.

A key figure involved in bringing Samsung Austin Semiconductor to Taylor is retiring this fall. At the regular meeting of the Taylor City Council, Mark Thomas, the CEO of Taylor’s Economic Development Corporation, announced his plans to step down from his position in the next two months as he highlighted his department’s budget for next year.

From 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 3, SS Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church will host Granger’s Annual Bazaar at Parish Hall, 500 W. Davilla St. And from 10 to 11 a.m., there is an optional mass, 100 N. Brazos St.

The last class of the Davilla Community Center summer classes will be Thursday, Sept. 7 at 9:30 a.m.

A jobs fair has always been part of the East Wilco Business Expo but this year, it has has hit 11 (This Is Spinal Tap reference). Monday we started hearing from companies who are planning to move to our area from South Korea.

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Taylor has a brand-new budget for Fiscal Year 2024, featuring funds for additional emergency services personnel, a 3% cost-of-living increase for staff, an increase in the homestead exemption and plans to get started on a new $53 million municipal building that will house City Hall, the Police Department and Municipal Court.

The partnership between Samsung Austin Semiconductor and Taylor Independent School District added another chapter. The semiconductor company presented Taylor ISD’s board of trustees a $110,000 check to provide incentives to reward the staff for innovation and performance in STEM during the Aug.

HUTTO – Mayor Mike Snyder received an official reprimand from the city for posting a list of mortgage banks used by council members on social media. The censure stemmed from a Facebook post the mayor made Aug. 21. The list did not identify which council members had loans at which bank or the amount of the loans.