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SACRAMENTO, CA — Director Tanya N. Garfield of the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Disaster Field Operations Center-West today reminded small nonfarm businesses in 61 Texas counties and a neighboring county in Oklahoma of the Dec. 23, deadline to apply for an SBA federal disaster loan for economic injury. These lowinterest loans are to offset economic losses because of reduced revenues caused by winter storm, blizzard, snow, ice and high winds in the following primary counties that occurred Feb. 10-19, 2021.
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While new cases of COVID-19 are spiking again in the Upper Midwest and Northeast, the number in Texas dropped during the past week to 14,745 — down 36% from the previous week. The number of new deaths reported in Texas by the Coronavirus Resource Center at Johns Hopkins University in the past week totaled 254, down 57% from the previous week.
Read moreAUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott today announced at a press conference in Austin that Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd. (“Samsung”) will build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor. Samsung’s approximated $17 billion investment will be the largest foreign direct investment in Texas on record, bringing the company’s total Texas investment to more than $35 billion since 1996.
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AUSTIN — Michael McCaul filed paperwork to run in the 10th Congressional District of Texas.
Read moreAUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Alecysa “Ali” Broyles, D.V.M. and Benjamin Turner, Ph.D. and reappointed Kenneth “Ken” Jordan and Coleman Locke to the Texas Animal Health Commission for terms set to expire September 6, 2027. The commission works to protect and enhance the health of animal populations across the state.
Read moreAUSTIN — The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is connecting with Spanish-speaking Texans through Maya, a chatbot that provides information in Spanish about the WIC services available to new mothers and families with young children. Spanish is the primary language in more than 35 percent of Texas homes receiving WIC services.
Read moreAUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott on Nov. 19 approved Legislative Budget Board proposal transferring the funding needed for the Texas Secretary of State’s office to establish a new Election Audit Division. This division will be conducting comprehensive forensic au dits in the State of Texas. Currently, the Texas Secretary of State is conducting the largest forensic audit in the country.
Read moreHOUSTON — Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick filed paperwork to seek a third term and released the following statement:
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