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Read moreAUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott on Sept. 1 announced that the Texas Military Department (TMD) and the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) have deployed additional resources and personnel to support Hurricane Ida response and recovery efforts at the request of the State of Louisiana through the Emergency Management Assistance Compact (EMAC). This follows an announcement from Governor Abbott earlier this week that the State of Texas would continue to review any additional EMAC requests from the State of Louisiana to provide additional response and recovery assets that may be needed.
Read more(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Sept. 1 released totals for fiscal 2021 state revenues, in addition to announcing monthly state revenues for August.General Revenue-related revenue for fiscal 2021 totaled $60.5 billion, up 6.2 percent from fiscal 2020.
Read moreThe Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPW) Commission will hold a special meeting on proposed rules related to Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD). Earlier this year, the discovery of CWD in six deer breeding facilities necessitated the filing of emergency rules in an attempt to stop the further spread of this disease. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) staff has been working with Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and numerous stakeholder groups to develop rules that will ultimately replace the emergency rules.
Read moreTo say I was dismayed to read the comments made by Mr. Kubesch during the recent Commissioners Court meeting (Citizen, Aug. 25) would be an understatement. At the very least, Kubesch owes an apology to the people of Colorado County for his racially derogatory reference to “the China virus.” But more importantly, he deserves censure, in my opinion, for using his position as an elected official to propagate the demonstrably false notion that the 2020 election was somehow stolen. (I would, however, be interested in seeing any factual evidence that he could present to support this claim.)
Read moreAfter reading the article in the paper re: Aug. 16 City Council Meeting, I put the paper on the table, thought about it, picked it up and read it again. “Yes,” I said to myself, “I DID read that right!”
Read more“Malfeasance” [ mal-fee-zuhns] - The performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law; wrongdoing (used especially of an act in violation of a public trust).”
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