Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) opposing its potential adoption of National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act (CAA), which the multistate coalition […]
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AG Paxton Joins Amicus Brief Challenging CDC’s Transportation Mask Mandate
Attorney General Paxton joined a Florida-led amicus brief filed in the Atlanta-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit seeking to affirm a successful challenge to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Transportation Mask Mandate. The CDC […]
Social Security Accelerates Decisions for People with Severe Disabilities Agency Expands Compassionate Allowances List
Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, today announced 12 new Compassionate Allowances conditions: Angioimmunoblastic T-cell Lymphoma, Blastic Plasmacytoid Dendritic Cell Neoplasm, Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Disease, Microvillus Inclusion Disease – Child, Mowat-Wilson Syndrome, Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Excess Blasts, NUT Carcinoma, Pfeiffer Syndrome […]
Texas Coastal Prairie Initiative and NRCS Announce Conservation Funding Opportunities for FY2023
Photo caption: TCPI partners are working with farmer and ranchers to conserve the highly imperiled coastal prairie ecosystem in Texas. Photo credit: Christine MansfieldThe Texas Coastal Prairie Initiative (TCPI), a Regional Conservation Partnership Program of the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) […]
New Texas Paddling Trail Set for Launch on Patroon Bayou
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) announces the opening of a new paddling trail at Toledo Bend Reservoir on Patroon Bayou. This trail, the 79th official in Texas, is now open and ready for canoeing or kayaking adventures. “The Toledo […]
Late Summer to early Fall—Galveston has it all
Late summer on the island is bringing three new events to Galveston along with some can’t miss mainstays to finish the season. Moody Gardens will be hosting three straight weekends of new experiences to include an air, car and boat […]
Texas Comptroller’s Deputy Comptroller and Chief of Staff Honored as a 2022 Outstanding Women in Texas Government Award Recipient
Lisa Craven, chief of staff to Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and the agency’s deputy comptroller, was one of four women recently honored as a 2022 Outstanding Women in Texas Government Award recipient. The State Agency Council to Gov. Greg Abbott’s Commission […]
Cornyn: Houston to Receive $20M Infrastructure Grant
The City of Houston was awarded a Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity grant, or RAISE grant, of $20,960,000 which will encourage investment in road, rail, transit, and port projects, U.S. Senator John Cornyn announced today. The funding comes through […]
Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $1.2 Billion in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced today he will send cities, counties, transit systems and special purpose taxing districts $1.2 billion in local sales tax allocations for August, 10.8 percent more than in August 2021. These allocations are based on sales […]
AG Paxton Joins Coalition to Protect Second Amendment from Biden Administration
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a Montana-led multistate amicus brief in the U.S. Supreme Court concerning the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) rulemaking on bump stocks. The unconstitutional rule instantaneously transformed hundreds of law-abiding gun owners […]
