Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller announced the 2020 Family Land Heritage application deadline has been extended to July 1, 2020.
RRC continues discussion on the issue of proration, ongoing relief initiatives of the agency, and the formation of a Blue Ribbon Task Force for oil economic recovery.
The Texas National Guard will be mobilizing more than 1,200 personnel as part of COVID-19 mobile testing teams (MTT) in various parts of the state providing greater access to medical testing.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton today applauded the ruling of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, which once again upheld Gov. Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA-09.
The public health crisis caused by the coronavirus pandemic, and the subsequent economic and energy crises, have been especially devastating for energy producers and blue collar workers in Texas.
These funds come from the Coronavirus Emergency Supplemental Funding Program authorized by the federal Emergency Appropriations for Coronavirus Health Response and Agency Operations Act.
Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs convened via video conference the second Border Trade Advisory Committee (BTAC) meeting of 2020, bringing together stakeholders from throughout the Texas-Mexico border region.
Governor Greg Abbott held a press conference where he issued three new Executive Orders to begin the process of reopening the State of Texas's economy while revising hospital capacity and certain social distancing guidelines.
“It's absolutely surreal to see Democrat leaders treat support for America's Workers & Small Businesses as something they need to be goaded — goaded into supporting,” said Senate Leader Mitch McConnell incredulously, responding to Speaker Nancy Pelosi's comments for further delay. "This should be above politics."
The OPEC agreement is welcome news to a crippled energy industry in Texas and throughout the United States.
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is urging Texans to shop online or practice strict social distancing measures for in-store purchases during the sales tax holiday for emergency preparation supplies.
Governor's Small Business Webinar Series provides Texas small business owners and entrepreneurs with timely, relevant, and actionable information on COVID-19 recovery resources.
We're not out of the woods yet, but all over the country hospitalizations & deaths are well below what experts and their models predicted. The president says we need to get the country back to work, that America can't remain closed much longer. But the left is setting impossible standards.
The Texas Legislature is scheduled to convene in less than nine months. The decisions State & Local leaders make between now and then will carry significant weight – so they must start planning for a new world, using new approaches & new thinking to turn the page on this pandemic.
AG Paxton: A voter ill with COVID-19 and un able to appear in-person to vote without assistance or without injuring their health may apply for a ballot by mail; however, fear of contracting COVID-19 does not qualify a person for disability.
The government has a crucial role to play as we work together to combat the novel coronavirus. But elected officials must never forget that we are a free people.
