RT @OptimoPrincipi: 1) A stranger than fiction Roman ring mystery thread: this enigmatic Roman gold ring was found in a ploughed field near…

@JohnCornyn I found the answer for you on the State’s dashboard txdshs.maps.arcgis.com/apps/opsdashbo… re houstonchronicle.com/politics/texas…

@BackwardsFeet @caitlin_e_j Texas will reject any laid-off church workers request for unemployment unless the church opts in to being a reimbursing employer (where they reimburse the state for the benefits…

@BackwardsFeet @caitlin_e_j They pay payroll taxes to the Fed, but unemployment is handled by the states. From being a former parish admin in TX, churches are exempt by federal law…

@caitlin_e_j @BackwardsFeet Typical eligibility (outside of covid) for unemployment depends on your previous employer paying into the system. Churches don’t, so laid-off church employees don’t get it, unless they pay…

@BrianPFlanagan The critique really should be the bill itself. Situations like the one sound more problematic to me than looking at the Church. foxbusiness.com/money/dr-phil-…