The designation of Texas as a hotspot for fish mortalities relative to the other 22 coastal US states is of serious concern for scientists, resource managers, and the public alike. We investigated the major sources and causes of fish kills in coastal Texas from 1951 to 2006. During this 55-...
ByPavan Acharya, The Texas Tribune January 8, 2025 Cybersecurity Resilience over resources: Closing the cybersecurity gap in state and local government COMMENTARY | While they may lack the budget and staff to mount an effective defense, states and localities can take many other steps without need...
Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) – October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023 – was an exciting year for the Rural Community Assistance Partnership Incorporated (RCAP), a year in which we reflected on 50 years of service to small, rural, and Indigenous communities throughout the United States as well...
During his tenure, he oversaw the launch of Post & Beam in 2020, and the opening of the new Bella Union Winery in 2024. Reber has 25 years of experience in the luxury wine industry, and has served on the Far Niente board of directors for the past two years. (Press release) Joseph ...
Knowing your worth will enable you to ask for a seat at the table with confidence. In 1972, the late Shirley Chisholm stated, “If they don’t’ give you a seat at the table, bring a folding chair.” Well, if you bring a folding chair and they refuse to scoot over and make room...
Of the 50 states, seven received A grades: Alaska, Kentucky, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Texas and Washington. Five received F grades: Colorado, Georgia, Hawaii, Mississippi and Nevada. in the full report Share This: NEXT STORY:
Since Kentucky is further along in the transition, thanks to its five-year-old pilot program, many other states will look to the Bluegrass State to see how well its policies work. Before December, federal law had treated hemp as a quasi-controlled substance, due to its relation to ma...
A judgeordered the county to open five early voting locationsfor that four-day early voting period in July, two of which were in heavily black areas. All 27 early voting sites opened the next week. The county Election Commission found itself in court yet again in October over thousands of ...
White oak, a hardwood species, produces particularly tasty acorns and ranges over 104 million acres of mixed oak and oak-hickory forest from Maine to Minnesota, Texas to the Florida Panhandle. Photo courtesy of Dave Apsley. But the intensity of land use a century or two ago tipped the balanc...
Manhattan. He spent five years working for legendary U.S. Sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan, first as upstate regional director and then as state director in New York City. During that time, he helped reunite two children living in Albania during the Kosovo bombing with their parents in the Bronx...