Find the perfect holiday gift for the outdoorsy person in your life at the new Texas State Park Online Store. The store, which is found on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s reservation website, features the official 2021 Texas State Park […]
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Volunteers to smoke 550+ turkeys, deliver more 8,000 Thanksgiving meals this Wednesday/Thursday
1,000+ volunteers at 5 locations will smoke 550+ turkeys and prepare more than 8,300 Thanksgiving meals (as of current registration/requests received from families in need/partner organizations) this Wednesday. The festive meals will include not only a generous portion of turkey, […]
Texas State Library and Archives Commission Awards $1.8 Million in Federal ARPA Funds to Texas Libraries
The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) recently awarded approximately $1.8 million in funding to 40 Texas libraries under its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Grants Program through the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services. TSLAC ARPA grants […]
Sen. Cruz on Peng Shuai and WTA: The Chinese Communist Party Isn’t Used to Having Sports Leagues or Corporate Interests Stand Up to Them
On Face the Nation, Senator Ted Cruz Calls on President to Biden Stop Surrendering to our Enemies and Stop the Nord Stream 2 Pipeline WATCH: Sen. Cruz: The CCP Isn’t Used to Having Sports Leagues or Corporate Interests Stand Up to […]
Paxton Joins Multistate Coalition to Stop Experimentation on Youth
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate coalition to defend against a challenge to Arkansas’ law that stops experimentation on children experiencing gender dysphoria. In the scientific community, the general consensus has been that more research is needed before providing children with potentially irreversible “gender-affirming care,” such as providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or surgical […]
DPS Increases Traffic Enforcement for Thanksgiving Holiday
There is a lot to be thankful for this year, and the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) wants to ensure people are able to get to and from their holiday celebrations safely. Texas Highway Patrol Troopers will increase enforcement […]
Sen. Cruz: Nord Stream 2 Announcement ‘Typifies the Mix of Incoherence and Weakness That Has Come To Embody the Foreign Policy of President Biden’
Calls for Senate Democrats To Allow Vote on Robust Sanctions To Stop Pipeline Progress U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following statement after the Biden administration made its announcement on Nord Stream […]
Game Warden Field Notes
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) law enforcement reports. Sting Operation In August, a concerned citizen contacted Montgomery County game wardens regarding a neighbor keeping an alligator in his backyard. The wardens responded […]
Paxton Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Religious Liberty
Attorney General Ken Paxton joined a multistate amicus brief in support of religious liberty, in a case that is pending in the Colorado Court of Appeals. Scardina v. Masterpiece Cakeshop is the second case brought against Jack Phillips, a baker, under state public accommodation laws—this time because he refused on religious grounds to make a custom cake celebrating a customer’s gender […]
Sens. Cruz, Cornyn, Rep. Van Duyne, Colleagues Demand Answers From Department of Education For Their Political Investigation of Carroll ISD in Southlake, Texas
‘We are concerned the Department will use this complaint to launch a politically motivated investigation of a thriving district whose parents disagree with this administration’s policies.’ U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Rep. Beth Van Duyne (R-Texas 24th) were joined by their […]
