Governor Greg Abbott awarded more than $5.8 million in Funds for Veterans’ Assistance grants to 21 organizations serving South Texas veterans and their families at a presentation ceremony, his office said in a Sept. 15 news release.
Governor Greg Abbott created a leadership team to press Texas’ case as the permanent home of the United States Space Academy, naming state Rep. Greg Bonnen, M.D., of Friendswood, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, to lead it, his office said in a Sept. 15 news release.
The Texas General Land Office is inviting energy companies to propose geothermal projects, small modular nuclear reactors and natural gas plants on state-owned land, Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced in a Sept. 15 news release.
The Texas Animal Health Commission issued its annual reminder of the state’s chronic wasting disease requirements for exotic susceptible species, telling landowners and hunters to review the rules before the fall season, the agency said in a Sept. 15 news release.
The Texas General Land Office posted Amendment 1 to the State of Texas 2021 Winter Storms Action Plan for a federally required 30-day public comment period, the agency said in a Sept.15 news release.
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller helped develop the state's first set of nutrition guidelines written specifically for Texans, the Texas Department of Agriculture said in a September 15 news release.The recommendations appear in the annual report of the Texas Nutrition Advisory Committee, a panel created by the Texas Legislature to review current scientific research and recommend ways to improve Texans' health.
The Texas State Securities Board votes Sept. 17 on whether to publish rule changes that would narrow what the brokers and investment advisers it licenses have to tell the state about their own criminal records.
The agency that builds and repairs Texas government's offices votes Sept. 17 on hiring an architect for a new headquarters for the state's three banking regulators, a $52.8 million project that has never before come before its commissioners.
The state pension fund for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders holds a special meeting Sept. 17 with a single item of business: authorizing and paying for a 2027 actuarial report.
The council that sits atop Texas' health and human services agencies meets Sept. 17 to hear what a coming federal food-stamp penalty could cost the state.