As DOGE rips through the federal government, Texans wonder what it means for them

A Social Security recipient in Nacogdoches said the local office closing won't affect her because she has had to travel to Lufkin for services. (Credit: Mark Felix for The Texas Tribune)

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LUFKIN — When Mary Beth Hash-Walker heard the Nacogdoches Social Security office was closing, the 72-year-old retiree was quietly glad. She and other Nacogdoches residents have watched the office sit largely vacant for years, used — by her estimate — once a month.