The National Organic Program (NOP) is introducing the Organic Insider: Oversight and Enforcement Update, a new, periodic update that highlights NOP’s work in these areas. This edition presents import data from the first full calendar year of the implementation of the Strengthening Organic Enforcement (SOE) Final Rule, along with an example of how NOP has used that data to prevent…

AUSTIN—Texans will soon have a new place to explore the beauty of the Hill Country thanks to the acquisition of almost 54,000-acres in Edwards and Kinney counties. The property, which will become Silver Lake State Park, is Texas’ second largest state park behind Big Bend Ranch. “The opportunities to explore nature’s wonders are truly bigger…

        [AMARILLO, TX] Texas Wheat Producers Board will fund 16 research projects amounting to $400,000 in research investment for the 2026-27 funding cycle. This funding was approved during the April 2026 board of directors meeting held in Amarillo, TX. “At the end of the day, our goal is to invest in research…

“I was stunned,” says claimant AUSTIN — A Leander resident claimed half of the estimated annuitized $20 million Powerball® Grand Prize that was advertised for the May 2 drawing. The winning Quick Pick ticket was sold at QuikTrip #4165, located at 10742 E. Crystal Falls Parkway, in Leander, and matched all six numbers drawn (25-37-42-52-65, Powerball…

Dear Rusty: In a previous column, you wrote about people who filed for Social Security late in life. I am currently incarcerated and will be filing for Social Security in the fall of 2029. I will be 74 years old in the first week of January 2029. Unless I read it wrong, could I be…