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The Big Four – Major Global Environmental Issues: Their Causes, Effects & Solutions

Professor Robert Mace, Texas State University, Dept. of Geography & Environmental Studies

Tuesdays & Thursdays, August 16 – 30, 6 p.m. central, online Ten years ago, the Organization for Economic Co-operation & Development (OECD) published OECD Environmental Outlook to 2050: The Consequences of Inaction identifying four major global environmental issues requiring immediate action:  climate change, […]

Join Texas Parks & Wildlife Magazine’s Great Outdoor Scavenger Hunt for Fun Summer Adventure

#GOSH2022: Explore new Texas destinations and share selfies along the way Summer’s going by fast but there’s still time to jump in the car for an unforgettable road trip, near home or across the state. The Texas Parks & Wildlife magazine’s Great Outdoor Scavenger […]

Texas Game Wardens Wrap up Another Busy July Fourth Weekend of Statewide Enforcement

AUSTIN— As Texans hit the waterways across the state to recognize July Fourth, Texas Game Wardens were out in force to ensure everyone stayed safe on the water.  “Texas Game Wardens partnered with thousands of law enforcement agencies across the […]

Cruz, Cornyn, Colleagues to Visit Texas-Mexico Border Amidst Unrelenting Illegal Immigration Crisis

WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) will lead their colleagues James Lankford (R-Okla.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on a visit to the Rio Grande Valley on July 14 and 15 […]

AG Paxton Leads Coalition Challenging Court’s Decision Eroding Constitutional Separation of Powers, Federalism Concerns

AG Ken Paxton

 AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton led an 18-state coalition amicus brief in support of Utah’s challenge in the Denver-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, opposing a court order requiring Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes to sit […]

AG Paxton Joins Amicus Brief Supporting States’ Freedom to Regulate Own Emissions  

AG Ken Paxton

AUSTIN – Attorney General Paxton joined an Indiana-led amicus brief before the United States Supreme Court asking the Court to review a lower court’s decision that “threaten[s] regulatory chaos [and] undermines the coequal sovereignty of each State to regulate emissions […]

Rodeo Awards $1.4 Million In Scholarships To Texas FFA Students

Seventy Texas FFA members representing 58 FFA chapters from across Texas were presented with $1.4 million in scholarships from the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo during the 94th Annual Texas FFA State Convention in Fort Worth, Texas, on Wednesday, July […]