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AUSTIN - The COVID-19 pandemic brought to light various opportunities to improve the State’s preparedness to address a public health disaster. As Chair of the Senate Committee on Health & Human Services Committee, Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst (R-Brenham) authored and passed SB 968 to ensure that Texas is better prepared for a future pandemic. Thanks to the overwhelming bipartisan support SB 968 received in the Texas Legislature, the legislation took effect immediately following the Governor’s signature today.
Read moreThe Texas Department of State Health Services says that over 10 million Texans are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Shots open up to anyone 12 and older. That is 34.5 percent of the state’s population.
Read moreThe USDA is there to help residents, farmers, and ranchers affected by the devastation caused by recent storms and flooding in Texas, Louisiana and Arkansas, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has directed the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to aid recovery efforts. USDA staff in the regional, state, and county offices are responding and providing a variety of program flexibilities and other assistance to residents, agricultural producers, and affected communities.
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You know that feeling when you think you know how something will feel but then you actually experience it and it’s nothing like you expected? This week, Senior Week, has been an experience that I’ve anticipated for so long and really enjoyed. Little by little, the idea of going out into the world, no longer a kid but an “adult” (I still don’t feel like one sometimes, haha), has become more of a reality that is both exciting and intimidating.
Read moreThe Texas Legislature sent a $248 billion two-year state budget to Gov. Greg Abbott after the House approved the measure last Thursday.
Read moreAUSTIN — With less than a week before the legislature adjourns, the Texas Senate has given final approval the state’s two year $248.5 billion budget establishing the state’s priorities for education, healthcare, public safety and critical services. As Chair of the Health & Human Services Committee and a senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, State Senator Lois W. Kolkhorst was intricately involved in crafting the two year spending bill.
Read moreMother Nature provided increasingly inconsistent precipitation for the Great Plains over the past decade, impacting grasslands, forage systems and beef production in the region— and scientists expect that trend to intensify.
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Texas lawmakers will adjourn the regular session on Monday — Memorial Day — but Gov. Greg Abbott has already indicated he will call a special session in the fall to grapple with redistricting after detailed census results are finally released.
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