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TPWD Sets Public Meeting Oct. 14 to Gather Input on Thermal Refuge Closure Areas
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is seeking public input on the draft proposed rules impacting thermal refuge closure areas at a public meeting being held on Zoom Thursday, October 14 at 6 p.m. These rules allow the TPWD Executive Director […]
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar Continues Good for Texas Tour: Supply Chains Edition
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is highlighting the impact of supply chains on the Texas economy as he restarts his Good for Texas Tour. This week, Hegar is touting the automotive and semiconductor supply chain industries with visits to General Motors (GM) and Texas […]
Comptroller Glenn Hegar Distributes $907 Million 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 $906.6 million in local sales tax allocations for October, 20.6 percent more than in October 2020. These allocations are based on sales […]
Social Security Announces Redesigned Statement — Now Available with a my Social Security Account
Kilolo Kijakazi, Acting Commissioner of Social Security, today introduced a new look and feel to the Social Security Statement, available online through the my Social Security portal at www.socialsecurity.gov/myaccount and by mail. The Statement is one of the most effective tools people can use to learn about […]
State Sales Tax Revenue Totaled $3.1 Billion in September
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.15 billion in September, 22.3 percent more than in September 2020. The majority of September sales tax revenue is based on sales made in August and remitted to the agency […]
Texas Historical Records Advisory Board Announces 2021 Archival Award Recipients
The Texas Historical Records Advisory Board (THRAB) is pleased to announce its archival award recipients for 2021. THRAB has selected Dallas Historical Society (DHS) Registrar, Kaitlyn Price, as the recipient of the Archival Award of Excellence. Senior Archivist at Archives […]
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) Announces U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Jack K. Wood, killed during World War II, Was Accounted for June 4, 2021
The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Air Forces 1st Lt. Jack K. Wood, 24, of Wichita Falls, Texas, killed during World War II, was accounted for June 4, 2021. In the summer of 1943, Wood was […]
DPS Graduates First Ever EMT Class
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is making history, graduating its first ever DPS Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) class. The class of 15 Troopers graduated during a ceremony at DPS Headquarters in Austin on Thursday, Sept. 30. “This program […]
HHSC Encourages Breast Cancer Screenings During Awareness Month
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and the Texas Health and Human Services Commission is encouraging women to get screened regularly for the disease. “Many of us have delayed life-saving screenings like mammograms during the COVID-19 pandemic, which is understandable. […]
