CORPUS CHRISTI – It’s that time of year again! Discovery’s annual Shark Week, and National Geographic’s SharkFest, are right around the corner. This year, Harte Research Institute for Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi (TAMU-CC) researchers will once again be featured in both Shark Week and SharkFest programming.
AUSTIN — Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today revised the Certification Revenue Estimate (CRE) upward, increasing his November estimate of General Revenuerelated (GR-R) funds available for certification by $13.75 billion.
SAN DIEGO - San Diego officials were present at the newest business in San Diego for a grand opening ceremony. On Friday, July 8, the Digital Doctor opened for the community to provide quality healthcare at a convenience.
Dr. Paul Christo, Associate Professor at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, has been on the frontlines battling the opioid crisis, and his message to lawmakers is clear: “First of all, we have to make sure that we cut down on those that are manufacturing fentanyl illegally in the United States and also selling it illegally. And then … we need to make sure that we educate young adults on the dangers of the use of fentanyl. This is 80 to 100 times more potent than morphine. It can lead to death very quickly by ingesting just a little bit of it,” Dr. Christo said in a recent interview.
Legacy public school consulting firm Moak Casey welcomes associate commissioner and chief school finance officer for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) Leo Lopez. Lopez, who will take the role of chief financial officer in August 2022, is the latest to join the new powerhouse executive team at the firm, which serves school district leaders and policymakers in school finance and accountability.
DALLAS (AP) — A Texas man, not his 13-year-old son, was driving the pickup truck that crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a van carrying New Mexico college golfers, killing nine people, and he had methamphetamine in his system, investigators said Thursday.
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott says Texans should expect a large property tax cut when lawmakers return to session next year.
To remember loved one’s lost to COVID-19 as well as the survivors of the virus, Alice will host a COVID-19 March on Saturday, Aug. 6 at the Anderson Park.
The 229th Judicial District Court sentenced a Benavides woman to 10 years of probation for stealing $136,604.17 from the Agua Poquita Soil and Water Conservation District. According to the 229th Judicial Assistant District Attorney Rumaldo Solis, 53-yearold Juanita Amanda Walters was convicted of theft of property, a second-degree felony, after she was accused of stealing money from the governmental entity in March of 2013.
Everyday things have been impacted by COVID-19 for the last two years and nothing is any different for the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). According to Marty Sepulveda, Scout Executive/CEO for the BSA South Texas Council, the BSA especially in Jim Wells County was greatly affected so much that there are no cub scouts in the county.