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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signs bill to help establish Sam Houston State University’s College of Osteopathic Medicine
Sam Houston State University is one step closer to having a medical college in Conroe. The school’s proposed College of Osteopathic Medicine has been formally recognized for candidate status seeking accreditation after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott signed House Bill 2867, according to a press release. The bill officially codifies the…
Texas Passes Bill Allowing Gun Owners Fleeing Disasters To Carry Their Firearms With Them
One’s Second Amendment rights should not end when one is fleeing a disaster. That’s the basis for a recently passed bill in Texas, which would relax some of the state’s gun laws regarding when a person can carry a handgun in the event of a natural disaster. Under current law,…
Texas 2019 Regular Session Wrap-Up: Lawmakers Advance Important Pro-2A Reforms & Send Gun Control Crowd Home Empty-Handed
Governor Greg Abbott has already signed House Bill 302 by Rep. Dennis Paul (R-Houston) & Sen. Bryan Hughes (R-Mineola), NRA-supported legislation that prohibits “no firearms” clauses in residential leases. This will protect tenants’ rights to possess lawfully-owned firearms and ammunition in dwelling units and on manufactured home lots, and to transport their guns directly…
The Woodlands recognizes George P. Mitchell’s 100th Birthday
THE WOODLANDS, TX — The Woodlands Township recognizes what would have been the 100th birthday of its founder, George P. Mitchell, on Tuesday, May 21, 2019.Mr. Mitchell, who passed away in July 2013, celebrated the opening of The Woodlands on October 19, 1974. As The Woodlands celebrates its 45th anniversary…
Senator Brandon Creighton (R-Conroe): Policy Rocket Of The Texas Senate
Austin & Conroe, May 29 – What’s the opposite of “furniture”? “Anti-furniture”? “Perpetual motion machine”? “Fusion reactor”? Texas Senator Brandon Creighton is the “Policy Rocket” of the Texas Senate. His productivity during the 86th Texas Legislature has been off the charts and in the stratosphere. All Texans should feel gratitude…
Texas House OKs Bill to Spend More Than $3B for Flood Control Projects
Austin, TX -Nearly two years after Hurricane Harvey ravaged the Texas coast, the Texas House approved legislation that would pull more than $3 billion from the state’s rainy day fund to help pay for flood control projects statewide. The House version of Senate Bill 7 is one of three disaster…
Legislation with $1.7 billion for flood control and mitigation projects goes to governor
Austin, TX — With the start of hurricane season looming, Texas lawmakers have sent legislation to Gov. Greg Abbott that would draw $1.7 billion from the state’s “rainy day fund” to help pay for flood control projects and repairs across the state. Although a previous version of Senate Bill 7…
Utilis Advocates For Texas Senate Bill, Enabling Business Exchange With Israel
Austin, TX- Utilis participated in a Texas state legislative committee hearing on April 9th and was subsequently recognized on both the Senate floor by Senator Brandon Creighton and on the House floor by Representative Phil King. Utilis CEO, Elly Perets, spoke before the Senate Committee of Business and Commerce to…
Texas Legislature passes a bill allowing open carry of handguns after natural disasters
WASHINGTON — On Sunday night, the Texas Legislature passed a bill that would allow residents to carry handguns in public for up to a week after a state or natural disaster declaration. The State Senate approved the bill, HB 1177, by a narrow vote of 16-15, with three Republicans joining all Democrats to vote…
New funding could boost local Harvey projects
Beaumont, TX- Hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of Hurricane Harvey-mitigation projects in Jefferson and Orange counties may have moved a step closer to reality on Thursday with the signing of the state’s largest storm-recovery bill. State Rep. Dade Phelan said the legislation gives smaller communities like the ones in…