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Op-Ed: Utilities Asks FERC to Prohibit Electricity Transmission Competition in Texas to Increase Electricity Prices and Protect Their Profits
Complaint Seeks Transmission Competition Moratorium TEXAS – After their lobbyists could not convince the state legislature to enrich their CEO and shareholders with a state law to override federal competitive bidding requirements, a band of electricity utilities throughout the Midwest filed a complaint recently at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) in Washington, DC to…
Read MoreAn Aggie ring 40 years in the making
Mike Shipley ’26 finishes what he started and honors the woman who never let him forget he should On a Tuesday morning earlier this month, Mike Shipley ’26 sat down for an interview with AgriLife Today. He answered every question with the warmth and candor of someone who has lived a very full life, and…
Read MoreVoices of Veterans: Jonathan Hernandez Shares His Story of Service as a Combat Journalist in the United States Air Force
AUSTIN, Texas— Today, Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is proud to introduce the next installment of the series highlighting the VLB’s Voices of Veterans oral history program. This week, we highlight the service of Jonathan Hernandez who served in United States Air Force as a Combat Journalist. Born…
Read MoreFederal Judge Rules to Restore National Endowment for the Humanities Funding in Historic Case
Statements from American Council of Learned Societies, American Historical Association, and Modern Language Association on the Ruling May 8, 2026 – Yesterday afternoon US District Judge Colleen McMahon ruled that the mass termination by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) of more than 1,400 grants to support scholars, research institutions, and humanities organizations…
Read MoreAgriLife Extension remembers pesticide safety educator Don Renchie
Renchie dedicated more than 32 years to advancing pest management educational programs across Texas Don Renchie, Ph.D., a longtime Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service educator and statewide leader in pesticide safety training and compliance education, died May 5, after serving AgriLife Extension for over 32 years. Don Renchie, Ph.D., served the Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service for…
Read MoreThree-time deported illegal alien arrested and charged after assaulting federal immigration officers in the Eastern District of Texas
PLANO, Texas – A Mexican national, illegally living in Lewisville, has been arrested and charged following an assault on federal immigration officers in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney Jay R. Combs. Jose Andres Hernandez Medina, 38, a Mexican national illegally living in the United States, was charged by complaint with assaulting…
Read MoreLongview’s Pack N Mail Receives SBA Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award
Longview, TX – The UT Tyler-Longview Small Business Development Center (SBDC) announces that its client, Pack N Mail, owned by Megan and James Heath, of Longview, Texas, has received the Young Entrepreneur of the Year award from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Dallas/Fort Worth District. “Pack N Mail is a true local success story…
Read MoreDPS Increases Patrols Statewide to Enforce Seat Belt Use; Prevent Distracted Driving
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is increasing patrols statewide as part of its annual All-American Enforcement Campaign ahead of the Memorial Day holiday. From May 11 to May 25, the Texas Highway Patrol (THP) will focus on enforcing seat belt laws and promoting safe driving behaviors to reduce crashes and save…
Read MoreThe Alamo Podcast Explores Teddy Roosevelt’s Rough Riders
Now available on your favorite podcast app, Episode 131 of the award-winning “Stories Bigger Than Texas” reveals how just footsteps from where the world-famous Battle of the Alamo was fought, a new generation of frontiersmen led by future president Theodore Roosevelt stepped up to fight for freedom. Listeners will hear the Alamo’s Researcher Thomas Ledesma explain why Teddy Roosevelt…
Read MoreTexas Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces Grand Prize Winners and Finalists of the 2026 Save Texas History Essay Contest
AUSTIN— Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is pleased to announce the Grand Prize Winners of the Texas General Land Office’s (GLO) 2026 Save Texas History Essay Contest: 4th-graderJocelyn Narcy from Katy and 7th-grader Lizzy LaGrone from Texarkana. This year, 582 4th and 7th-grade students submitted essays discussing a historical person, event, place, group,…
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