Famous for being the biggest, longest, wildest birdwatching tournament in the country, this year’s Great Texas Birding Classic raised $45,000 for projects to benefit birds and other wildlife. Celebrating its 26th year, the tournament has raised $1.1 million for on-the-ground conservation […]
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Texas State Library and Archives Commission Becomes FamilySearch Affiliate Library
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has announced that its two public research facilities, the Lorenzo de Zavala State Archives and Library Building in Austin and the Sam Houston Regional Research Center in Liberty, have been awarded official […]
Commercial Gulf Shrimp Season Opens Friday, July 15
The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both state and federal waters will reopen 30 minutes after sunset on Friday, July 15, 2022. Biologists evaluate the biological, social and economic impact when deciding the opening date to maximize the […]
AG Paxton Announces Guilty Verdict in Freddie Smith Capital Murder Trial
Attorney General Paxton is pleased to announce on June 30, 2022, after six hours of deliberations, a jury returned a capital murder guilty verdict in the case of State v. Freddie Lee Smith. Former Austin Police Officer Vontrey Clark hired Freddie Smith to […]
AG Paxton Pushes Back Against Court Decision Threatening Religious Liberty
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an Oklahoma-led multistate amicus brief urging an en banc rehearing of a decision by the Denver-based U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals that threatens the freedom of religious groups to select their own leaders […]
State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $3.7 Billion in June
(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.68 billion in June, 16.4 percent more than in June 2021. The majority of June sales tax revenue is based on sales made in May and remitted to the […]
TPWD Accepting 2022-23 Drawn Hunt Permit Applications
AUSTIN – New opportunities and scenery are available to hunters this fall through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) drawn hunt permits program, now accepting applications for a shot at almost 10,000 permits in 62 hunt categories. The permits […]
Mike Schofield’s Updates from the Capitol
TxDOT Meeting in Katy on I-10 Project The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) will conduct an in-person hearing on the proposed improvements along I-10 from Mason Road to FM 359. The hearing will be next Thursday, June 30 from 5:00 – […]
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar’s Statement on Unilever’s Israel Decision
(AUSTIN) — I am pleased to see Unilever’s recent statement affirming its support for Israel: “Unilever rejects completely and repudiates unequivocally any form of discrimination or intolerance. Antisemitism has no place in any society. We have never expressed any support for the Boycott Divestment Sanctions (BDS) […]
Sen. Cruz Statement on Justice Breyer’s Retirement, Justice Jackson’s Swearing In
HOUSTON, Texas. – U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after Justice Breyer stepped down and Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as the 116th Supreme Court Justice: “Today, Justice Breyer […]
