The Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) will be changing email addresses over several months beginning in November. All DFPS email addresses ending in @dfps.state.tx.us will change to addresses ending in @dfps.texas.gov. This will make DFPS email addresses easier to remember and […]
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Above Average Season Expected for Texas Hunters Ahead of General Deer Season Opener
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists predict a fruitful white-tailed deer season in many regions of the state. Although conditions are drying statewide, rains in September helped to create an abundance of quality forbs and shrubs, both of which […]
Seven Ways to Safely Store Your Guns
Protecting all Texans means knowing how to stop weapons from reaching the wrong hands. In 2017, 3,513 deaths in Texas were due to firearms, a number that has climbed every year since 2011 and exceeds the national rate. No matter […]
Texas Supreme Court Reverses Third Court Order, Preserves Governor Abbott’s Order on Ballot Drop-Off Locations
Today, the Supreme Court of Texas reversed a Third Court of Appeals ruling and dissolved a district court injunction challenging Governor Greg Abbott’s order, which allows counties to have only one ballot return location during early voting. The 2020 general […]
Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center Set to Launch Feed the Hungry Campaign
The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center is teaming up with the Henderson County Food Pantry this November to help feed the hungry. In honor of the first Sharelunker, “Ethel” who was caught on November 26, 1986, the “Ethelsgiving Feed the Hungry, […]
Sen. Cruz to Big Tech CEOs: Who Elected You to Decide What the Media Can Report and What the American People Can Hear?
Demands answers from Big Tech CEOs on brazen political bias and election interference U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Commerce Committee, today questioned Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, who had been called […]
AG Paxton Statement on Project Veritas Uncovering Organized Election Fraud in Bexar County, Texas
Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that the organized election fraud scheme exposed in today’s Project Veritas video is already under review by investigators from his Election Fraud Unit. “What’s shown in the video is shocking and should alarm all Texans who care […]
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Offers Free Workshop on Wildlife Appraisals and Winterizing the Cattle Herd
Are you a landowner who is interested in wildlife tax valuation for your property? Do you have questions about qualifications and restrictions? You do not have to have property in Fort Bend County. Join with us online via Microsoft Teams. The […]
AG Paxton Statement on Confirmation of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to United States Supreme Court
Attorney General Ken Paxton gave this statement following Amy Coney Barrett’s confirmation as the newest justice of the United States Supreme Court: “Amy Coney Barrett will make an excellent addition to the Supreme Court. Over the course of her career, Barrett demonstrated superb temperament, judicial restraint, […]
Defense Department Taps Texas A&M System to Lead U.S. Consortium on Advancing Hypersonic Flight Systems
The Department of Defense today named a state agency of The Texas A&M University System to lead a national consortium for modernizing hypersonic flight capabilities. The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) will manage a five-year, $20 million per-year DOD initiative […]
