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Why is there fecal bacteria off the Texas Coast? KSAT Explains
Read full article: Why is there fecal bacteria off the Texas Coast? KSAT ExplainsThe Texas General Land Office monitors fecal bacteria levels along Texas coastal waterways. Our KSAT Explains team went to Galveston to see the water sample collection and testing firsthand.
Texas Land commissioner recruits San Antonio Missions’ players for severe weather preparation video series
Read full article: Texas Land commissioner recruits San Antonio Missions’ players for severe weather preparation video seriesThe Texas General Land Office joined forces with several marquee players on the San Antonio Missions’ Double-A team for a series of presentations on how to prepare for severe weather.
Next step of restoration plans announced for Alamo Cenotaph
Read full article: Next step of restoration plans announced for Alamo CenotaphThe Texas General Land Office and the Alamo Trust announced Friday plans to restore the Alamo Cenotaph by keeping the structure in its place as preservation work begins. Work will start in July 2024 and is expected to wrap up in early 2025.
Moses Rose’s owner rejects final $5.26M offer, prepares for eminent domain fight
Read full article: Moses Rose’s owner rejects final $5.26M offer, prepares for eminent domain fightThe holdout owner of a bar in the way of a new Alamo museum has said the City of San Antonio’s “best and final” $5.26 million offer to buy him out isn’t good enough. Now, with the city and its partners prepared to use eminent domain, the deadlock appears to be headed to court.
Moses Rose’s owner says negotiations with TGLO ‘unsuccessful,’ eminent domain threat still looming
Read full article: Moses Rose’s owner says negotiations with TGLO ‘unsuccessful,’ eminent domain threat still loomingThe owner of Moses Rose’s Hideout said Wednesday’s negotiations with the Texas General Land Office were “unsuccessful,” and the threat of eminent domain takeover is still a possibility.
San Antonio bar owner fights back against threat of eminent domain
Read full article: San Antonio bar owner fights back against threat of eminent domainThe owner of Moses Rose's Hideout, a local bar, is fighting to keep his business open as Alamo Trust Inc. pushes to buy it for the Alamo Visitor Center and Museum.
State Sen. Dawn Buckingham wins bid to manage the Alamo, disaster relief funds and more as Texas’ next land commissioner
Read full article: State Sen. Dawn Buckingham wins bid to manage the Alamo, disaster relief funds and more as Texas’ next land commissionerThe land commissioner manages public land, enforces mineral rights leases, controls the Texas Permanent School Fund, distributes natural disaster relief funding and is responsible for the Alamo.
Dawn Buckingham and Jay Kleberg vie for open land commissioner seat overseeing the Alamo and disaster relief funds
Read full article: Dawn Buckingham and Jay Kleberg vie for open land commissioner seat overseeing the Alamo and disaster relief fundsThe land commissioner manages the Texas General Land Office, which manages the Alamo, administers natural disaster relief funding and helps fund public education. The seat is open after incumbent George P. Bush lost his primary bid for attorney general.
HUD, Texas at odds over flood relief discrimination claim
Read full article: HUD, Texas at odds over flood relief discrimination claimA deadline has passed with no resolution over whether Texas will settle a dispute over claims it discriminated against minority residents in how it distributed flood relief money from Hurricane Harvey.
Dawn Buckingham and Jay Kleberg will face off to be Texas’ next land commissioner in November
Read full article: Dawn Buckingham and Jay Kleberg will face off to be Texas’ next land commissioner in NovemberRepublican Dawn Buckingham and Democrat Jay Kleberg won their primary runoffs. The winner of November’s general election will replace George P. Bush as head of the Texas General Land Office.
New Texas plan for federal Hurricane Harvey aid yields same old result: Funds diverted away from Gulf Coast
Read full article: New Texas plan for federal Hurricane Harvey aid yields same old result: Funds diverted away from Gulf CoastDespite an admonition from federal authorities, Land Commissioner George P. Bush’s plan still steers aid disproportionately to whiter, inland counties at less risk of natural disasters.
Feds say Texas discriminated against communities of color when it denied Houston flood aid
Read full article: Feds say Texas discriminated against communities of color when it denied Houston flood aidLand Commissioner George P. Bush is in the middle of a fierce runoff in the Republican primary for Texas attorney general against incumbent Ken Paxton. During the race, several of Bush’s opponents have criticized his office’s work in distributing Hurricane Harvey relief funds.
Texas received 1,700 unused border wall panels from the federal government and plans to use them for Abbott’s border barrier
Read full article: Texas received 1,700 unused border wall panels from the federal government and plans to use them for Abbott’s border barrierTexas plans to repurpose the panels, left over when the Biden administration halted work on former President Donald Trump’s wall, to erect 1.3 miles of border barrier.
How a Texas songbird and its endangered status became the center of a fight over the Hill Country
Read full article: How a Texas songbird and its endangered status became the center of a fight over the Hill CountryScientists say a study that estimated far more golden-cheeked warblers in Texas than previously thought has been attacked and taken out of context as the state and federal government battle over the bird’s endangered status.
Jay Kleberg, King Ranch scion and conservationist, to run for land commissioner as a Democrat
Read full article: Jay Kleberg, King Ranch scion and conservationist, to run for land commissioner as a DemocratAt least three other Democrats and four Republicans are vying for the office that GOP incumbent George P. Bush is leaving to run for attorney general.
Republican state Sen. Dawn Buckingham running for Texas land commissioner
Read full article: Republican state Sen. Dawn Buckingham running for Texas land commissionerThe news of her decision comes two days after the current land commissioner, George P. Bush, announced he was running for attorney general next year, challenging fellow Republican Ken Paxton.
Houston, Harris County get nothing in latest round of $1 billion federal Hurricane Harvey relief funding
Read full article: Houston, Harris County get nothing in latest round of $1 billion federal Hurricane Harvey relief fundingHouston and Harris County were denied funding over other Texas communities despite requesting $1.3 billion for ongoing relief efforts. Local officials are asking the federal government to intervene.
Second COVID-19 wave at Floresville veterans home grows as 54 new infections reported
Read full article: Second COVID-19 wave at Floresville veterans home grows as 54 new infections reportedFLORESVILLE, Texas – A veterans home in Floresville has been dealing with another COVID-19 outbreak that has so far infected 40 residents and 14 staff members, according to the Texas General Land Office, the state agency that oversees the facility. The Frank M. Tejeda Texas State Veterans Home in Floresville is testing its residents and staff on a weekly basis, and cases have started to climb. The veterans home reported another outbreak in April 2020, soon after the beginning of the pandemic. Still, due to the uptick in COVID-19 cases, the VLB has tightened some of its restrictions at the facility to help combat the spread. Read also:‘I had 102 fever and couldn’t get tested’: Floresville veteran’s home nurse aide positive for coronavirus; others still waitingElderly Floresville couple shares heartbreaking moment through nursing home window
State takes over Houston's Harvey home repair program
Read full article: State takes over Houston's Harvey home repair programThe state took over the program this week and Torres and other residents who have applied for assistance say they’re worried that could lead to yet more delays. A third of the funding — nearly $428 million — went to a program for home repair and reconstruction. Harvey dumped up to 50 inches (1.3 meters) of rain on the Houston area following landfall on Aug. 25, 2017. In the Houston area, Harvey flooded more than 150,000 homes, with more than 16,000 residents identified as potentially needing repair help. In its own program, the land office has fixed more than 2,000 homes and has approved nearly 2,900 reimbursements statewide.
Search ends for 2 still missing after Port of Corpus Christi explosion
Read full article: Search ends for 2 still missing after Port of Corpus Christi explosionCORPUS CHRISTI, Texas The search for two crew members of a dredging boat who went missing following an explosion last week in the Port of Corpus Christi in Texas has been ended, the U.S. Coast Guard announced. Our Coast Guard crews worked intently alongside state and local partners to locate the two crew members who remained missing, but unfortunately, we were unable to locate them, said Capt. Edward Gaynor, commander, Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi. The decision to suspend a search is never easy and a lot of factors are considered before suspending a search. Port of Corpus Christi officials said it was a propane pipeline.
Third death confirmed at Floresville veteran’s home with more than 20 postive COVID-19 cases
Read full article: Third death confirmed at Floresville veteran’s home with more than 20 postive COVID-19 casesUPDATE, April 21, 2020:A second resident of the Frank M. Tejeda Texas State Veteran’s Home has died due to complications from COVID-19, according to the Floresville mayor. At least 12 residents and five staff members have tested positive for the virus as of Tuesday afternoon, said Floresville Mayor Cissy Gonzalez-Dippel. As of Monday morning, five staff members tested positive for the virus and 153 other employees are awaiting results. RELATED: 17 COVID-19 cases reported in Wilson CountyUPDATE: April 15, 2020: On Wednesday, four new cases of COVID-19 were confirmed at the Frank M. Tejeda Veteran’s Home, bringing the total number of cases among residents to six, according to Floresville Mayor Cissy Gonzalez-Dippel. At this time, we have two confirmed cases of COVID-19 in the Frank M. Tejeda Texas State Veterans Home.
31 total confirmed cases in Wilson County
Read full article: 31 total confirmed cases in Wilson CountyWILSON COUNTY, Texas – Updated April 29 @ 6:30 a.m. Updated April 7 @ 11:00 a.m.Wilson County now has eight confirmed cases of COVID-19, according to county officials. Updated April 4 @ 10:00 a.m.:Wilson County has reported one more confirmed case of coronavirus, the Wilson County News reported Friday. There are now six confirmed cases in the county and two of those cases have recovered. Track cases county by county in this map.