(HOUSTON) Restaurants, Bars and Entertainment venues expanded their workforces in May, adding 13,100 people to their payrolls last month as Houston hiring continues to heat up. Overall, the region added 31,000 jobs – resulting in three of the last four […]
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TPWD Executive Director Carter Smith Announces Retirement
AUSTIN—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Executive Director Carter Smith announced today he will retire effective January 2023, ending a nearly 15-year tenure that strengthened private-lands stewardship, expanded state parks and wildlife management areas, bolstered conservation, law enforcement, and park […]
AG Paxton Sends Letter to SEC Criticizing Biden’s Radical Environmental Regulations Imposed on American Businesses
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led a multistate letter to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) opposing its proposed rule to impose a crushing matrix of new climate-related disclosures on publicly traded companies and other entities. The rule […]
Sen. Cruz Introduces Bipartisan Legislation Renaming Texas Post Office After Fallen SPC Vanessa Guillén
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) have introduced the Senate companion to a bipartisan, bicameral bill renaming a Texas post office after Spc. Vanessa Guillén. Vanessa was a 20-year-old soldier of the United States Army […]
UHV Biology Student Receives Two Summer Fellowships
Toward the end of 2021, Morgen Glenn sent out applications for several summer fellowships and internships and hoped for the best. What the University of Houston-Victoria student didn’t expect was to receive two offers. Glenn, a UHV senior biology and […]
New Home Sales Begin in Cross Creek West
(HOUSTON, TX – June 16, 2022) — Home sales in Cross Creek West have begun with Highland Homes being the first to offer designs in the new Fulshear community. The builder has 14 floor plans for 60-foot properties available in Cross […]
Meet Your New Best Friend At Weekley Park on Sunday!
Harris County Precinct 4 invites the community to come meet the adoptable dogs of Harris County Pets on Sunday, June 26, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Richard and Meg Weekley Park, 8440 Greenhouse Road in Cypress. Join us […]
Bank of America Announces 2022 Houston Student Leaders
HOUSTON, TX – Bank of America today announced five Houston high school juniors and seniors were selected as Student Leaders® (#BofAStudentLeaders), an eight-week summer internship providing students with first-hand experience in serving their communities. These students have started their paid internship experience […]
HPU Honors 211 Students for Academic Success in the Spring 2022 Semester
BROWNWOOD, TEXAS – June 15, 2022 – Howard Payne University recognized 211 students for academic success during the spring 2022 semester. Students must earn a 4.0 grade point average to be named to the President’s List, a 3.65-3.99 grade point average to […]
Comptroller Glenn Hegar Releases Texas Broadband Plan
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today released his agency’s Texas Broadband Plan to support the expansion of broadband access for underserved and unserved Texans. The Comptroller’s Broadband Development Office (BDO) crafted the plan building upon the feedback that Hegar and BDO staff […]
