AUSTIN – On Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, the Texas Public Safety Commission (PSC), along with Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) Director Steven McCraw, presented several prestigious awards to DPS personnel, including five Director’s Citations, one Lifesaving Award and a Unit Citation. The Awards were […]
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DPS Graduates 79 Recruits from Final Academy of 2023
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) commissioned 79 new Texas Highway Patrol Troopers from recruit class C-2023 during a graduation ceremony on Friday, Dec. 8, which was held at Great Hills Baptist Church in Austin. Lieutenant Governor […]
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Beware of Fraudulent Emails Attempting to Steal Personal Information Using Attorney General Paxton’s Signature and Seal AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is warning citizens that scammers are sending fraudulent emails using his name, signature, and the Office of the […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton Awards Operation Lone Star Death Benefits
AUSTIN – Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has awarded four lump-sum death benefits for fallen soldiers in Texas’ Operation Lone Star. Pursuant to legislation enacted by the 88th Legislature, eligible active-duty military members and national guardsmen deployed for Operation […]
Sen. Cruz Introduces Comprehensive Border Security Amendment to the National Security Supplemental
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced an amendment to the National Security Supplemental to secure our southern border. The amendment is based on a bill Sen. Cruz introduced earlier this year in the […]
TPWD Opening Two Oyster Harvest Areas, Closing One in Matagorda Bay
AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will open TX-19 and TX-20 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Dec. 13. At the same time, the department will close TX-13 in Matagorda […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Secures 14-Year Prison Sentence for Home Health Fraudster and Over $11 Million in Restitution
AUSTIN – Audu Ozigi was found guilty of one count of conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and four counts of healthcare fraud for falsifying patient files and fraudulently billing Medicare and Medicaid for home health services. Ozigi was sentenced by a […]
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Reminds Retailers of New E-Cigarette Law Designed to Protect Youth
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding retailers that beginning Jan. 1, 2024, it will be a crime in Texas to market, advertise, sell or cause to be sold an e-cigarette product in certain containers that are designed to appeal to minors. […]
Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Free-Range Coleman County Deer
AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of a case of chronic wasting disease (CWD) in Coleman County, marking the first detection in the county. A two-year-old whitetail buck harvested by a hunter on a low-fenced property tested positive […]
How Farmers in Texas Can Increase Their Profits
Business owners have enough responsibilities on their shoulders that would overwhelm a majority of the population. Add in the factor of running an agricultural entity and you quickly see why farmers tend to be quite resilient folks. Farming is perhaps […]
