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WEBWhat’s the story behind ZZ Top’s First Annual Texas-Size Rompin’ Stompin’ Barndance and Bar B.Q.? This weekend marks 50 years since an event in Austin that no one has seen the likes of since. A concert so epic — and so messy — that if…. August 30, 2024. Texas has removed a million people from the voter rolls.
Fact-check: Is Venezuela sending prisoners to the US southern …
WEBOct 12, 2022 · From PolitiFact:. Republicans have praised Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent decision to use taxpayer money to fly two planes of Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Florida to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.. Meanwhile, in Congress, some GOP lawmakers have raised flags about Venezuelan immigrants at the southern border, citing an alleged Department of Homeland Security report saying ...
In The Only State Where Selling Peyote Is Legal, The Cactus Is ...
WEBNov 13, 2018 · In ecological terms, South Texas is known as brush country – i t’s home to lots of thorny shrubs, trees and palms. Its humid climate makes it similar to parts of Northern Mexico, and it’s only in these two places where you can find one member of the cacti family which has been controversial, to say the least: peyote – genus Lophophora – is a small cactus native to the Rio Grande Valley.
The Origin Of The Word ‘Texas’ May Be Rooted In ... - Texas …
WEBMay 30, 2019 · The story goes that the word “Texas” itself comes from the Caddo word for “friends”. The Caddo were a confederacy of Native American tribes that dominated East Texas. The Spanish set up a mission in the region in the 17th century, led by friar Damián Massanet. During one of Massanet’s early encounters with the Caddo, they called him ...
65 or Older? In Texas, You Can Go to College For Free
WEBSep 29, 2015 · In fact, seniors can take classes – for free – at most public colleges in the state. They can be taken for credit, toward a degree. Connie Cooper is with the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. She says over 65-students must maintain a 2.0 average for undergraduate classes and a 3.0 average if they want to pursue a …
In 1957, this team of Hispanic golfers shocked Texas by winning …
WEBSep 19, 2022 · They would make fun of our clothing.”. But in 1957, the San Felipe Mustang Golf team traveled from Del Rio to Austin for the Texas State High School Championship game. Against all odds, they became Class A State Golf Champions. “It was a miracle really, because we had no business winning state – and we did,” Vasquez said.
Three Laws Every Rural Landowner In Texas Should Know
WEBApr 13, 2021 · As long as they follow state and federal law, feedlots and other agricultural outfits are protected from “nuisance” clams under Texas’ Right to Farm statute. Lashmet says anyone looking to buy rural property should know ahead of time that they may not have much recourse if they end up having complaints about a neighboring agriculture ...
Texas has a feral hog problem. Hunting them makes it worse.
WEBApr 7, 2022 · Texas is a hog hunting paradise. Before 2019, hunters were required to have a license to hunt them. But the Legislature got rid of that requirement. Now, only a hunter’s education course is required. “The idea is to kinda remove any of those barriers to folks hunting pigs,” said John Tomeček, associate professor and extension wildlife ...
How Should Texas Choose Its Judges? - Texas Standard
WEBJul 17, 2019 · Emma Platoff, justice and politics reporter for The Texas Tribune, says the commission will study the way the state chooses judges during the next 18 months. She says the governor’s embrace of a potential change is likely the result of politics. “I think skeptics would point you to the November 2018 elections as the reason for that ...
Texas Became A State In 1845, But Never Lost Its Republican Spirit
WEBJan 8, 2020 · That will be on Dec. 29. That’s the day in 1845 that Texas officially joined the United States of America, or, as the proudest of Texans say, the day the U.S. was allowed to join Texas. Though the 29th was the day that President Polk signed the joint resolution that made Texas a state, there was some confusion as to the official moment that ...