A race for the Paris City Council seat that’s being vacated by District 7 representative and Mayor Paula Portugal because of term limits is heating up as the only race
A race for the Paris City Council seat that’s being vacated by District 7 representative and Mayor Paula Portugal because of term limits is heating up as the only race
Three people have filed for positions on the ballot for a May 6 Paris City Council election. Candidates have until 5 p.m. Feb. 17 to file an application, according to
Paris Independent School District trustees voted to make starting salaries for teachers and teaching assistants more attractive for new hires and for staff retention in a board meeting Monday night.
Paris Regional Medical Center is looking forward to getting back to normal operations after a year that saw it close its doors to visitors, suspend its volunteer program, furlough some employees and scale back some of its services, all due to Covid-19. Financially, the hospital was down about 15% to 20% of its budget.
âWe did get the benefit of several million dollars in CARES ACT dollars from the government,â CEO Steve Hyde said. âThat allowed us to make budget for the year. We are behind on the bottom line, but 2020 would have been a brutal, wicked year for us if it wasnât for the supplemental dollars the government gave us.â