U.S. Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins on Wednesday, June 18th, launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a sweeping five-pronged plan to enhance USDA’s already robust ability to detect, control, and eliminate this pest. Per the USDA, the facility in South Texas is expected to be ready within six months.
Gov. Greg Abbott says he got everything he pushed for during the Legislature’s 89th session, which ended on June 2.
Governor Greg Abbott on Monday signed House Bill 9, Senate Bill 4, and Senate Bill 23 into law to provide lasting property tax relief for Texans at a bill signing ceremony at Robson Ranch Clubhouse.
Exactly 160 years ago, on June 19, 1865, a date we now celebrate as the federal Juneteenth holiday, Union General Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston Texas to proclaim the end of the Civil War.
