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AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott last week announced Highly Innovative Fuels (HIF)’s selection of Matagorda County as the location of its first industrial-scale eFuels facility in North America. With plans to make a $6 billion capital investment, HIF will create more than 125 permanent operating jobs as well as thousands of other direct and indirect jobs in the region. Construction of the site is expected to begin in 2023 and produce eFuels from the facility by 2026.
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Early voting began Monday for local elections and two proposed constitutional amendments relating to property tax reductions. Early voting continues through Tuesday, May 3, with election day on Saturday, May 7.
Read moreAUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott on Apr. 25 issued a statement after the body of a previously missing Texas National Guard soldier was recovered. Last week, Specialist (SPC) Bishop E. Evans, assigned to Operation Lone Star, was reported missing along the Rio Grande River during a mission related incident in Eagle Pass.
Read moreAverage gasoline prices in Texas have risen 6.9 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.76/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 10.5 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.16/g higher than a year ago.
Read moreTexas Master Naturalist program volunteers have gone to many interesting and out-ofthe-way places, but NASA astronaut Kjell Lindgren will be the first person from the program to go into space.
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Gov. Greg Abbott halted the state’s aggressive truck inspection at all Texas border crossings after days of bipartisan criticism over the extended delays of goods entering the United States.
Read moreHOUSTON – The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) recognizes April as Fair Housing Month and reminds homebuyers and renters to be aware of their rights under the Fair Housing Act.
Read moreAverage gasoline prices in Texas have risen 0.8 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.69/g today, according to GasBuddy’s survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 23.4 cents per gallon lower than a month ago and stand $1.10/g higher than a year ago.
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