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By JAMES A. MARPLES *** Like most people, I was saddened to read in the news the reports surrounding the passing of Music legend, philanthropist, actress, business-woman, and universally-likeable person, Dolly Parton, who recently died at age 80. To say that she was a “Superstar” would be no understatement. She mingled with almost every celebrity…

Tyler, Texas (August 31, 2026) — Registration is open for the UT Health East Texas Breast Cancer Survivor Summit. The event will be held Saturday, Sept. 19, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Green Acres Baptist Church Crosswalk Conference Center in Tyler. This year’s theme is “Bloom Beyond the Battle.”   The summit will celebrate…

New actions build on USDA’s 2026 Plan to Fortify the American Beef Industry (Washington, D.C., August 31, 2026) – Today, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the Ranchers First Initiative, a sweeping package of actions to continue rebuilding the Great American Beef Herd and put America’s ranchers back at the center of our nation’s food…

Administrators and faculty earn recognition for creativity, innovation and leadership – by Kay Ledbetter The American Society of Agronomy, ASA, Crop Science Society of America, CSSA, and Soil Science Society of America, SSSA, will recognize eight Texas A&M AgriLife faculty and administrators at ceremonies held during CANVAS 2026 set for Nov. 1-4 in Portland, Oregon. Five faculty members will be awarded…

Movement Restrictions Removed from Infested Zones 02.A and 03 AUSTIN, TX – The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) executive director officially released movement restrictions for areas of Texas previously deemed as New World screwworm (NWS) Infested Zones. Following months of coordinated surveillance and eradication activities, designated areas of Gillespie, Kerr, Kimble, La Salle, and Webb…

AUSTIN, Texas—Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is announcing a new Texas General Land Office (GLO) initiative: The Texas Engine: Fueled, Fed, and Fortified – a vision for putting Texas’s land and natural resources to work to strengthen our state today and to secure America’s future. Through five interconnected pillars, this Texas-sized plan will highlight…

All figures are in US dollars unless otherwise stated.   August 31, 2026 Lewisville, AR – Smackover Lithium, a partnership between Standard Lithium Ltd. (“Standard Lithium” or the “Company”) (NYSE.A: SLI) (TSXV: SLI), through its subsidiaries, and Equinor, through subsidiaries of Equinor ASA, announced the signing of its second commercial offtake agreement (the “Agreement”) for…

By Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune August 30, 2026 A 25-year-old man from Central Texas who was deported to Mexico despite insisting he was an American citizen returned to the country Sunday after the federal government reached an agreement with his lawyers in light of new evidence they provided about his citizenship, his attorneys said.…

(SAN ANTONIO) — Texas Comptroller Don Huffines delivered remarks today at the Annual Legal Seminar on Ad Valorem Taxation, emphasizing the growing burden of property taxes on Texas families and outlining his office’s efforts to modernize tax administration, increase transparency and strengthen taxpayer protections. Huffines believes that rising property taxes represent “the single biggest threat to…