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Texas Workforce Commission Awards $1.7 Million in Job Training Grants for South Texas Schools
Austin, TX — Governor Greg … visiting the Rio Grande Valley to award $1.7 million in grants to our school districts for the benefit
Public Accounts estimates shoppers will save about $2.4 million in state and local sales taxes during
Contact: (512) 463-0120
TWDB Approves $40.9 Million for Sharyland Water Supply Corporation to Address Emerging Contaminants
Austin … Chuy” Hinojosa expressed his support, stating: “This $40.9 million investment means families in Hidalgo County served by Sharyland
part of a statewide directive to use $581 million from the General Revenue Fund appropriated in House Bill
Contact: (512) 463-0120
TWDB Approves $4 Million Grant for Nueces County Drainage District No. 2 Flood Control … Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved a $4 million grant for Nueces County Drainage District
Senator César J. Blanco Announces $4 Million DEAAG Investment
for Fort Bliss Water Infrastructure
El Paso, Texas – Senator … Texas Military
Preparedness Commission (TMPC) has awarded $4 million to the City of El Paso through the
Defense
Senator César J. Blanco Announces $16 Million Investment
for El Paso County Transit Infrastructure
El Paso, Texas – Senator … that the Texas Transportation
Commission has awarded $16 million to El Paso County to support the construction
TWDB Awards Agua SUD $31 Million for New Water Treatment Plant in Western Hidalgo County
Austin, TX — Today … financing and $10 million in principal forgiveness from the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund.
Agua SUD serves
City of Corpus Christi Receives $3 Million in DEAAG Awards
Austin, TX — Yesterday, Governor Greg Abbott announced that … Grant (DEAAG) program awards. The first, totaling $2.074 million, goes to the Naval Air Station Corpus Christi (NASCC
Texas Department of State Health Services Announces $13 Million in Grant Awards for Statewide Spay and Neuter Pilot … Appropriations Act, 89th Legislature, Regular Session), appropriates $13 million over the 2026-27 biennium via Rider
Finance Committee, Senator Hinojosa secured the initial $4 million to be administered as a trusteed grant program through … successfully fought to secure a total of $46 million for the 2026-27 budget.
Senator Hinojosa expressed
will be directly impacted by this change, and
millions more will feel the economic effects. Small businesses, micro … small (1-9 employees) and 42% generate $1 million
or less in revenue.10 The U.S. Department of Energy
credit subsidies in 2025
left an estimated 1 million Texans without aid that helped make health insurance
premiums … highest number of residents experiencing food insecurity (5.3 million).
According to Feeding Texas, the rate of food insecurity
Texas Transportation Commission Approves $10 Million Grant for South Texas International Airport in Edinburg
Austin, TX — Today … Texas Transportation Commission approved a $10 million award to the South Texas International Airport in Edinburg. These funds
Texas Water Development Board Awards $15 Million Grant to Hidalgo County Drainage District No. 1 to Advance Delta … Drainage District No. 1 (“HCDD1”) for a $15 million grant. This award is part of a statewide directive
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TWDB Approves $46 Million in Grants for City of Corpus Christi Water-Supply Projects … with the City of Corpus Christi totaling $46 million. These grants are a part of a statewide directive
campus. The total project cost was approximately $47.2 million, funded by Texas A&M University, the Health Science … Center, and $29.9 million in capital construction project funding, formerly known as Tuition Revenue Bonds (TRBs), supported
Decade!
More than 3.3 Million Senior Homeowners Save $950/yr and All 6.1 Million Homesteads $380 Minimum
HOUSTON … bills, saving nearly $950 per year for 3.3 million homeowners, and freezing ISD taxable values beginning
Homestead Exemptions Senator Bettencourt Says 6.1 Million Texas Homesteads will See Lifetime Savings
Proposal lowers the senior exemption … senior benefit age to 55 means all 6.1 million Texas homesteads will see lifetime savings as long
Legislative Session.
AARP Texas, representing more than 2.5 million Texans aged 50 and older, selected Senator
Blanco
That’s why Lt. Gov. Patrick committed $1 million to jumpstart TPUSA’s efforts in Texas. I think
Texas Transportation Commission Awards Orange Grove $1.7 Million Grant for “Grove Sidewalk & Crosswalks” Project
Austin, TX – Today … Commission’s action is part of $284.8 million across 73 projects statewide for bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure
respectively, increase the homestead exemption for all 5.7 million homesteads and as priorities of Lt. Governor Dan Patrick
this year, the Legislature allocated a historic $192 million in one-time funding to the Texas … addition, the Legislature approved an extra $44 million over the next two years to help ensure continued support
support than other institutions. The legislature appropriated $850 million to the Permanent Technical Institution Infrastructure Fund, contingent … budget to this fund. Of that, $300 million from that fund in the 20226-2027 biennium will