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AUSTIN — Texas is more invested every day in promoting increased and thorough hand washing, disinfecting surfaces and social distancing to reduce cases of the rapidly spreading novel coronavirus, COVID-19.
Read more(March 10, 2020) -- AEP Texas has learned that scam attempts are continuing to occur throughout its service territory. Unfortunately, some of these attempts have been successful. The latest attempts have occurred in the Alice, Falfurrias and parts of the Rio Grande Valley.
Read moreThe March 4th edition of the Citizen contained an Op-Ed entitled “Socialist planks take front page of Citizen” authored by Chris Christensen. After reading the opinion I felt compelled to dig through the recycling and reread the article that had the writer so animated. While it appears that the overall platform of the Democratic propositions was offensive to the author, of particular ire was Proposition 4 which I shall quote in full as it was not included as part of his article:
Read moreAUSTIN — Gov. Greg Abbott on March 13 declared a state of disaster in all Texas counties and listed actions agencies are taking to contain and minimize the spread of the COVID-19 novel coronavirus, a contagious flu-like respiratory disease. Abbott said agency actions would include:
Read moreAUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott and Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Commissioner John Hellerstedt, MD, today urged Texans to continue taking preventative measures against Coronavirus (CO- VID-19) to contain the spread of the disease. The Governor and Commissioner urged Texans to heed the direction of health providers and public health entities, and asked that Texans take common sense, everyday action to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 and other respiratory illnesses.
Read moreAUSTIN – Last week, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) began issuing the newly designed Texas driver licenses (DL), identification (ID) cards and license to carry (LTC) cards to all Texans. Most notably, all of the cards will feature a new look with an updated design and enhanced security features. The DL/ID cards will also feature visible and discrete identifiers on the front. It’s important to note that previously issued DLs are still valid until the expiration date listed on the card.
Read moreAUSTIN — Incumbent President Donald J. Trump, who received 94% of the vote in the Lone Star State’s Republican primary election, and former Vice President Joe Biden, who received 34.5 percent of the vote in the Democratic primary, were their parties’ top vote-getters on March 3, Super Tuesday.
Read moreAUSTIN - Governor Greg Abbott released his “2020 Report to the People of Texas,” looking back at all that was accomplished by and for the people of Texas over the previous year and sharing his vision for the year ahead. This is his third Report to the People since taking office in 2015. It is released in interim years when the Legislature does not meet and no formal State of the State address is given.
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