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Comptroller Susan Combs Distributes $671 Million in Monthly Sales Tax Revenue to Local Governments

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Susan Combs announced today that state sales tax revenue in July was $2.2...
State Wants Half of Oil & Gas Taxes to Build and Maintain Texas Roads

by DAVID A. DÍAZ [email protected] South Texans are being encouraged to vote for a statewide constitutional amendment...
Rallies Nationwide Against Border Militarization

Senate Plan: $47 Billion on Agents, Drones & Surveillance by John Michaelson AUSTIN, Texas – Rallies were...
I-69 MAKES HISTORY IN RIO GRANDE VALLEY AS SOUTH TEXAS’ FIRST INTERSTATE HIGHWAY

Designation of 67 new I-69 interstate miles signals economic growth, mobility, international trade in booming South Texas...
Poll: Texans Want Immigration Reform, Path to Citizenship

State has 1.65-Million Undocumented Immigrants by John Michaelson AUSTIN, Texas – Most Texans believe the country’s immigration...
Unlikely Bedfellows Support Conservation Amendment

by John Michaelson AUSTIN, Texas – The U.S. House is expected to take up the next national...
Marking Sixth Month Since Sandy Hook Tragedy

Nearly 5,000 Gun Deaths in U.S. Since by John Michaelson AUSTIN, Texas – It was six months...
Dogs Wait for Good Homes, So Texans Urged to Adopt, not Shop

Millions Euthanized in U.S. Each Year by John Michaelson/TNS AMARILLO, Texas – Texas families are being encouraged...
Texas Songbird Migration: Don’t Put Down the Binoculars Yet

Growing Threats in Canada’s Boreal Forest by John Michaelson (TNS) AUSTIN, Texas – From their beautiful tunes...
Congressman Vela, Federal Highway Administrator and CCRMA To Open SH 550

Congressman Filemon Vela and Federal Highway Administrator Victor Mendez will join state and local leaders to officially...