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Ramping up Work-Based Learning in August

For many, August marks the start of the back to school season, but TWC recognizes it’s not just our Lone Star State youth that have an opportunity to learn and grow in school. Work-based learning such as apprenticeships represent an opportunity for our state’s workforce to learn new skills on the job for a future career, while earning a living.

Stocks end mixed on Wall Street, S&P 500 ekes out a gain

A late burst of buying erased some of the stock market’s losses, leaving indexes mixed on Wall Street at the closing bell. The S&P 500 index of large companies managed to eke out a gain of just over a quarter of one percent, all of it coming in the last 10 minutes of trading. The narrow gain ended a four-day losing streak for the benchmark index. The Dow Jones Industrial Average also ended about half a percent higher. The techheavy Nasdaq composite index ended lower, as did several measures of small and mid-size companies.

New FAFSA filing season begins Oct. 1

High school seniors and college students needing student financial aid for fall 2023 can file the 2023–24 Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, beginning Oct. 1, according to KHEAA.

David Berry Hale

29, 2022 in Greenwood, South Carolina with Julie Sheldon Hale, his wife of 45 years, at his side. In addition to his wife, David leaves behind his daughters Susan Hale (Donald) Scheffler, Gail Degenhart (Brian) Moore, and Lara Degenhart (Sean) Cassidy; eight accomplished and active grandchildren: Caroline Scheffler, George Scheffler, John (Holly) Moore, Sarah Grace Moore, William Moore, Margaret Moore, Elizabeth Moore, and Catherine Cassidy; predeceased by his two brothers, Frank Hale and Jerry Hale, and a sister, Ju Laine Hale.