The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) graduated three Troopers and two canines from a nine-week training program on Friday, Dec. 11. These canine teams will join 49 other DPS Detection Teams throughout Texas, within the Texas Highway Patrol Division. […]
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State Hospitals Receive First Shipments of COVID-19 Vaccine
The Texas Health and Human Services Commission today announced it received the first shipments of COVID-19 vaccine for state hospitals in Austin, San Antonio, Terrell and Wichita Falls. State hospital staff were among the first health care providers in Texas […]
Charlotte Han Sharp Passes After Lengthy Illness
Charlotte Han Sharp, 67, passed away Tuesday, December 15, 2020 at her home in College Station following a lengthy illness. She was the wife of John Sharp, Chancellor of The Texas A&M University System. Charlotte was born in Temple, Texas […]
Comptroller’s Office Accepting Match the Promise Scholarship Applications Through Dec. 31
Comptroller Glenn Hegar today reminded Texans that the application deadline for Texas Match the Promise Foundation℠ scholarship awards is Dec. 31, 2020. Match the Promise scholarship awards are available for fifth through ninth graders: who are beneficiaries of a Texas Tuition […]
Donor Announces Landmark $50 Million Gift To Praire View A&M University
The transformative gift will be used to strengthen academic programs and improve student success. Writer and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has given $50 million to Prairie View A&M University to be used at the discretion of the President to support the […]
DPS Announces Temporary Waiver for DL/ID Expirations Ending in April 2021
The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) today announced that the waiver on expiration dates for driver licenses (DLs) and identification cards (IDs) ends on April 14, 2021. Customers who need to renew are urged to make an appointment today. The waiver, […]
Evelyn’s Park Conservancy Groundbreaking Launches Phase 2 Construction.
A Groundbreaking Ceremony to mark the beginning of the construction of new facilities at Evelyn’s Park Conservancy in Bellaire was held Sunday, December 13. Chaired by Board Member Suzi Weinstock, the program included a message about the valued relationship with […]
Sen. Cruz Leads Bipartisan Letter Urging U.S. Air Force Secretary to Designate San Antonio as U.S. Space Command Headquarters
‘There is no state in the union that can compare with the tenacity of Texas legislators and our broad, bipartisan, and bicameral delegation as we fight to support the men and women of the military’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), […]
Sen. Cruz Issues Statement on Resignation of Attorney General Bill Barr
‘Bill has not been a Republican Attorney General or a Democrat Attorney General; he’s been an Attorney General dedicated to following the law and defending the Constitution’ U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today issued the following statement on the resignation of […]
Local Teachers Receive $250 Holiday Bonus From Harmony Public Schools
‘Each day, we see how hard our teachers and other team members work to provide our students an extraordinary school experience. With each new obstacle this year, they have again and again risen to face the challenge and make sure […]
