#USA, #measles outbreak has grown to include a total of at least 481 cases since Jan. Based on most recent epi-info, DoH is updating list of #counties included in designated outbreak area. It now includes ten counties: Cochran, Dallam, Dawson, Gaines, Garza, Lynn, Lamar, Lubbock, Terry, and Yoakum. These counties have ongoing transmission of measles, and 95 percent of the confirmed cases have been in these counties as of April 4. + at https://www.dshs.texas.gov/news-alerts/health-alert-texas-2025-measles-outbreak-expanded-outbreak-counties

How #sheriffs define #lawandorder for their #counties depends on their #views, with most being #white #Republican #men.

With exceptions, #sheriffs often use their #power to keep an unequal balance in society along #racial and #class lines.

#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Ohio #Police #Conservatives #Extremism #Fascism #RepublicanParty #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Discrimination #Homophobia #Racism #Transphobia #WhiteSupremacy #Xenophobia #ThePartyOfHate

https://theconversation.com/how-sheriffs-define-law-and-order-for-their-counties-depends-a-lot-on-their-views-and-most-are-white-republican-men-239282

#Irresponsible #Land developers #bulldoze dozens of #acres of #trees and #plants that hold the #topsoil in place. Massive #flooding is the logical consequence.
#LandDevelopers expect you to eat the #bill when they #flood your #house.

It is possible to develop land without stripping the ground to the bare earth and burning everything left, as shocking an idea as that may be.

But when the article leaves open the question of "Who's Paying When They Flood Your House?"

it's you. What are you going to do? #Sue them? You'll never recover enough to matter, especially after fees.

Their plan is to fuck over everyone around them and not care what happens as a result, and they answer, effectively, to no one.

Don't contact your #representative over #counties communicating, ask them to #ban this #dangerous and #destructive practice throughout the #state of #Florida.

https://www.orlandosentinel.com/2024/04/15/osceola-residents-wonder-where-to-turn-for-help-after-developer-floods-neighborhood/

In 2004 a public vote chose Mistletoe as the country flower of Herefordshire.

10 things you didn't know about Herefordshire:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2024/03/1-april-herefordshire.html

Today is Essex Day. This date was chosen because it is the feast day of St Cedd, a missionary who was sent to the East Saxons to turn them back from their pagan ways. He was appointed bishop there and became the county’s patron saint.

10 things you might not know about Essex:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2020/10/26-october-essex-day.html

The motto on the coat of arms is "Ad Montes Oculos Levavi", taken from the Latin version of Psalm 121; It translates as: "I shall lift up mine eyes unto the hills." This verse was chosen because the Lake District Fells can be seen from all parts of the county.

10 things you might not know about Cumbria:

https://topicaltens.blogspot.com/2023/10/10-october-cumbria.html

In all, about 100 #counties and county equivalents, out of more than 3,000 across the U.S. are designated as #high #cost #markets, also including some in New Jersey, Virginia and Utah, according to the FHFA.

#Mortgages

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-government-to-backstop-mortgages-above-1-million-mark-for-first-time-11669740331