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Public Policy Tipoffs Involving Texas Newsletter for 2025-07-02 ( 34 items ) |
2025 Academic All-America Baseball Teams Announced for All NCAA and NAIA Divisions (10)
AUSTIN, Texas, July 2 -- College Sports Communicators issued the following news:
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2025 Academic All-America(R) Baseball teams announced for all NCAA and NAIA divisions
Sullivan, Culley, Gilman and Horner highlight 2025 Academic All-America(R) Baseball teams
Four talented student-athletes headline 2025 Academic All-America baseball teams; Horner repeats as Team Member of the Year in the NAIA
Baseball Release (NCAA, NAIA Divisions): PDF (https://academicallamerica.com/documents/2025/6/30 more PR
76 years of care, Air Force Medical Service honors its community (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news:
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76 years of care, Air Force Medical Service honors its community
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FALLS CHURCH, Virginia -The Air Force Medical Service turned 76 on July 1, marking more than seven decades of service, sacrifice and innovation in military medicine.
Established in 1949 to support America's aviator-warriors, the AFMS has grown into a global force - trusted to deliver care in w more PR
Air Force and Space Force exceed annual recruiting goals, demonstrating Americans' desire to serve (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news:
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Air Force and Space Force exceed annual recruiting goals, demonstrating Americans' desire to serve
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -The Department of the Air Force achieved 100% of its annual recruitment goal three months ahead of schedule, a testament to the enduring appeal of service and the effectiveness of modernized recruiting strategies.
To dat more PR
Ameresco Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2025 Global Company of the Year Award for Excellence in Energy Services (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 1 [Category: BizConsulting] -- Frost and Sullivan, a provider of market research and analysis, growth strategy consulting and corporate training services, posted the following news release:
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Ameresco Receives Frost & Sullivan's 2025 Global Company of the Year Award for Excellence in Energy Services
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San Antonio, TX -- July 1, 2025 -- Frost & Sullivan is pleased to announce that Ameresco has been awarded the 2025 Global Company of the Year Award in the energy se more PR
Arrington Delivers Opening Remarks to Rules Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, issued the following news release:
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Arrington Delivers Opening Remarks to Rules Committee
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (TX-19) delivered the following remarks before the House Rules Committee as it considers H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Click HERE to watch
Opening Remarks as Delivered:
"I appreciate the opportunity to be back before this Committee--a little like Groundhog Day, becaus more PR
Ascension Seton Assumes Full Ownership of Cedar Park Regional Medical Center (10)
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Ascension, a faith-based healthcare organization, issued the following news release on July 1, 2025:
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Ascension Seton Assumes Full Ownership of Cedar Park Regional Medical Center
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Today, Ascension Seton officially assumes full ownership of Cedar Park Regional Medical Center, a major milestone in its efforts to expand access, elevate care and bring new innovations to meet the needs of the growing Central Texas community.
This transition deepens Ascension Seton's l more PR
Baptist World Alliance, Baylor University Establish Program at Truett Seminary (10)
WACO, Texas, July 2 -- Baylor University issued the following news:
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Baptist World Alliance, Baylor University Establish Program at Truett Seminary
Ceremonial signing of program agreement scheduled for July 10 during the Baptist World Congress in Brisbane, Australia
By Lori Fogleman
Ahead of the 23rd Baptist World Congress in Brisbane, Australia, July 7-12, the Baptist World Alliance and Baylor University announced today the establishment of a Baptist World Alliance Program, the first- more PR
Being an Adult Moth is No Picnic, UTEP Research Finds (10)
EL PASO, Texas, July 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas's El Paso campus issued the following news release:
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Being an Adult Moth is No Picnic, UTEP Research Finds
Adult moths are more vulnerable to predation than moths in the caterpillar stage
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EL PASO, Texas (July 1, 2025) - Age is just a number, or is it? A new study by UTEP researchers shows that adult moths are more vulnerable to attack than when they are young.
The recently published research in the journal Insects studied p more PR
Big 12 Announces Leadership Promotions As League Enters New Era Of College Athletics (10)
IRVING, Texas, July 2 -- The Big 12 Conference, a college athletic conference, issued the following news:
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Big 12 Announces Leadership Promotions As League Enters New Era Of College Athletics
The Big 12 Conference today announced key promotions designed to best serve its member institutions as the league enters a new era of college athletics.
Tyrel Kirkham has been promoted to Chief Brand and Business Officer. In this role, he will oversee the Marketing, Branding, Media, Communications, more PR
CBP officers seize over $513K in hard narcotics at the Laredo Port of Entry (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release:
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CBP officers seize over $513K in hard narcotics at the Laredo Port of Entry
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LAREDO, Texas --U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers assigned to the Colombia-Solidarity Bridge seized methamphetamine that totaled over $513,000 in street value.
"This methamphetamine interception is a testament to the skill and commitment of our more PR
CBP seizes more than $668K in cocaine at Hidalgo International Bridge (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release:
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CBP seizes more than $668K in cocaine at Hidalgo International Bridge
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HIDALGO, Texas --U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Office of Field Operations officers at the Hidalgo International Bridge, intercepted more than $668,000 in alleged cocaine concealed within a vehicle.
"CBP officers work tirelessly to keep harmful narcotics off our streets," said Port more PR
Chairman Arrington Delivers Opening Remarks to Rules Committee (10)
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Jodey Arrington, R-Texas, chairman of the House Budget Committee, issued the following news release on July 1, 2025:
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Chairman Arrington Delivers Opening Remarks to Rules Committee
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, House Budget Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) delivered the following remarks before the House Rules Committee as it considers H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill.
Opening Remarks as Delivered:
"I appreciate the opportunity to be back before this Committ more PR
Congresswoman Escobar Statement on Senate Version of Reconciliation Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, issued the following news release:
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Congresswoman Escobar Statement on Senate Version of Reconciliation Bill
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Today, Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (TX-16) released the following statement after the Senate passed its version of the reconciliation bill:
"Today, the Vice President and 50 Republican Senators voted to takeaway healthcare from 17 million Americans to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy and explode our deficit by tri more PR
Cornyn Provision to Bring Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston Passed in Senate's One Big Beautiful Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, issued the following news:
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Cornyn Provision to Bring Space Shuttle Discovery to Houston Passed in Senate's One Big Beautiful Bill
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WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) today celebrated the passage of his provision to reconsider moving the Space Shuttle Discovery from Virginia to its rightful home near the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston in the Senate's reconciliation l more PR
CW Network Announces New Drama Series "Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent" To Premiere Wednesday, September 24 (10)
IRVING, Texas, July 1 [Category: BizMedia] -- Nexstar Media Group, a television broadcasting company, issued the following news release:
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The CW Network Announces New Drama Series "Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent" To Premiere Wednesday, September 24
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Highly Anticipated 10-Episode First Season Stars Aden Young and Kathleen Munroe as Detectives Investigating High-Profile Homicides
BURBANK, CA (July 1, 2025) - The CW Network today announced that the highly-anticipated new drama ser more PR
Designing the future of battlefield medicine: Inside Global Medic 25-01 and Mojave Falcon (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news:
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Designing the future of battlefield medicine: Inside Global Medic 25-01 and Mojave Falcon
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FORT HUNTER LIGGETT, California -As the U.S. Army Reserve refocuses its training efforts on preparing for large-scale combat operations, exercises like Mojave Falcon, which integrates Global Medic and Combat Support Training Exercise, have become critical platforms for more PR
FHLB Dallas and Veritex Community Bank Award $11K Grant to Texas Retiree (10)
DALLAS, Texas, July 1 -- The Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas, a district bank in the Federal Home Loan Bank System, issued the following news release:
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FHLB Dallas and Veritex Community Bank Award $11K Grant to Texas Retiree
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Esperansa Castillo, seen here with two of her great grandchildren, received nearly $11,000 from FHLB Dallas through Veritex Community Bank to repair her Dallas, Texas, home. DALLAS, TEXAS, July 1, 2025--Thanks to new insulation upgrades, Esperansa Castillo can no more PR
HACU and UNIBE partner to prepare next generation of healthcare leaders (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 1 [Category: Education] -- The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities posted the following news release:
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HACU and UNIBE partner to prepare next generation of healthcare leaders
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The Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities has partnered with Universidad de Iberoamerica Costa Rica (UNIBE) to offer aspiring physicians a medical education pathway with the Galeno Program.
America's growing physician shortage and critical need for greater repr more PR
Justice Department Charges Two Individuals with Acting as Agents of the PRC Government (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release:
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Justice Department Charges Two Individuals with Acting as Agents of the PRC Government
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Two nationals of the People's Republic of China (PRC) made their initial appearances in federal court in Portland, Oregon, and Houston, Texas, yesterday to face charges issued out of the Northern District of California for acting as agents of the Government of the PRC without prior notification to the Attorney G more PR
Maine Families, Businesses Win as Governor Mills Signs Bill That Preserves Energy Freedom of Choice (10)
HOUSTON, Texas, July 2 -- The Consumer Energy Alliance issued the following news release on July 1, 2025:
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Maine Families, Businesses Win as Governor Mills Signs Bill That Preserves Energy Freedom of Choice
* Bipartisan bill ensures Mainers can choose how they heat their homes and power their businesses
* Maine joins the more than 25 states which bar individual municipalities from barring specific forms of energy
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AUGUSTA, Maine - Consumer Energy Alliance (CEA), the leading energy an more PR
Nominations Hearing for Department of Commerce (10)
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on July 1, 2025:
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Nominations Hearing for Department of Commerce Nominees
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, will convene a nominations hearing for nominees of the Department of Commerce at 10:00 AM EST on Wednesday, July 9, 2025.
Nominees:
* Dr. more PR
SBA Relief Still Available to Texas Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Residents Affected by May Storms (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release:
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SBA Relief Still Available to Texas Small Businesses, Nonprofits and Residents Affected by May Storms
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses, nonprofits, and residents in Texas of the Aug. 1 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset physical damage caused by the severe sto more PR
Sen. Cruz Statement on Senate Passage of One, Big, Beautiful Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release:
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Sen. Cruz Statement on Senate Passage of One, Big, Beautiful Bill
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). The OBBB includes key language authored by Sen. Cruz, including Trump Accounts, the No Tax on Tips Act, and two historic school choice initiatives.
Sen. Cruz said, "Today, we delivered on o more PR
Senate Passes Historic Budget Reconciliation Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, issued the following news release on July 1, 2025:
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Senate Passes Historic Budget Reconciliation Bill
Measure includes Critical Commerce Committee Provisions on Spectrum, NASA, Coast Guard, FAA
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WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, the Senate passed the One, Big, Beautiful Bill Act, which included a number of significant provisions authored by Senate Commerce Committee Republican more PR
Senate Votes 99-1 To Remove AI Moratorium From Budget in Major Blow to Big Tech and Sen. Cruz (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 [Category: Political] -- Public Citizen issued the following news release:
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Senate Votes 99-1 To Remove AI Moratorium From Budget in Major Blow to Big Tech and Sen. Cruz
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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- In a resounding defeat for Big Tech lobbyists and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), the Senate voted 99-1 to strip a sweeping artificial intelligence (AI) moratorium from the Republican megabill -- handing a major victory to consumer advocates, civil rights groups, state lawmakers, and pa more PR
SFA's East Texas Research Center, The Sons of the Republic of Texas Partner to Preserve the Area's Role in Texas Revolution (10)
NACOGDOCHES, Texas, July 2 -- Stephen F. Austin State University issued the following news:
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SFA's East Texas Research Center, The Sons of the Republic of Texas partner to preserve the area's role in Texas Revolution
NACOGDOCHES, Texas -- Stephen F. Austin State University's East Texas Research Center recently received a $3,000 donation from The Sons of the Republic of Texas as part of the group's efforts to commemorate the role played by the Department of Nacogdoches in the Mexican stat more PR
Slurpee Day Just Got Cooler: 7-Eleven, Inc. Celebrates With a Tongue-Too Takeover (10)
DALLAS, Texas, July 2 -- 7-Eleven, a convenience store chain, issued the following news release:
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Slurpee Day Just Got Cooler: 7-Eleven, Inc. Celebrates with a Tongue-Too Takeover
Celebrate 98 years of flavor and fun with a first-of-its-kind Slurpee Day experience
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IRVING, Texas (July 1, 2025) -- 7-Eleven, Inc.'s annual birthday tradition is coming back in a bold and colorful way this Slurpee drink season. Tastebuds across the country are in for a treat on Friday, July 11 (7/11), when more PR
SwRI, UTSA selected by NASA to test electrolyzer technology aboard parabolic flights (10)
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, July 1 [Category: Business] -- Southwest Research Institute posted the following news release:
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SwRI, UTSA selected by NASA to test electrolyzer technology aboard parabolic flights
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July 1, 2025 -- Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) will receive a $500,000 award from NASA's TechLeap Prize program to flight test novel electrolyzer technology designed to improve the production of propellants and life-support compounds more PR
T-7A Red Hawk endures ice, winds, sun in new phase of climate tests (10)
JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas, July 1 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland issued the following news:
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T-7A Red Hawk endures ice, winds, sun in new phase of climate tests
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EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida - A T-7A Red Hawk, the Air Force's new trainer aircraft, completed a second round of extreme weather inside the 96th Test Wing's McKinley Climatic Lab June 17th, 2025.
The Boeing test aircraft endured temperatures ranging from 110 degrees to minus 14 degrees F more PR
Texas A&M Agriculture: Wheat Harvest Wraps Up With Mixed Yields (10)
AUSTIN, Texas, July 2 -- Texas A&M University, a component of the public university system in Texas, issued the following news from its agriculture program:
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Wheat harvest wraps up with mixed yields
By Kay Ledbetter
Across Texas, wheat harvest results depended very much on the weather. Drought led to early termination of dryland fields, and muddy conditions are delaying ongoing harvests to the detriment of grain quality. However, across the state, it was an average year for Texas wheat. more PR
Texas A&M Expert Featured In Documentary About The Health Benefits Of Nature (10)
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 2 -- Texas A&M University issued the following news:
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Texas A&M Expert Featured In Documentary About The Health Benefits Of Nature
Major new film is sponsored by REI and produced by Robert Redford's environmental philanthropy.
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Jay Maddock, a professor in Texas A&M University's School of Public Health and the director of the Center for Health and Nature, will be featured in a documentary sponsored by outdoor gear giant REI about the benefits of spending ti more PR
Three Defendants Sentenced in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Monopolize International Transit Industry, Fix Prices, Extort Competitors, and Launder Money (10)
WASHINGTON, July 1 -- The U.S. Department of Justice issued the following news release:
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Three Defendants Sentenced in Wide-Ranging Scheme to Monopolize International Transit Industry, Fix Prices, Extort Competitors, and Launder Money
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The U.S. Department of Justice today announced that three additional defendants were sentenced in connection with a long-running and violent conspiracy to monopolize the transmigrante forwarding agency industry in the Los Indios, Texas, border region, lo more PR
Toyota Motor North America Reports June, Second Quarter 2025 U.S. Sales Results (10)
PLANO, Texas, July 1 [Category: BizTransportation] -- Toyota Motor Sales USA posted the following news:
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Toyota Motor North America Reports June, Second Quarter 2025 U.S. Sales Results
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Second quarter electrified Toyota and Lexus sales make up over 46 percent of total sales volume
32 electrified vehicle options available, the most among any automaker with more in showrooms throughout 2025
PLANO, Texas (July 1, 2025) - Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today reported June 2025 U.S. more PR
UT-Southwestern Medical Center: Hormone May Hold Key to Longer Life, Improved Metabolic Health (10)
DALLAS, Texas, July 2 (TNSjou) -- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center issued the following news release:
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Hormone may hold key to longer life, improved metabolic health
FGF21 produced by fat cells lowers ceramides, which are linked to heart disease and diabetes, UTSW research shows
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DALLAS - July 01, 2025 - Fat cells genetically altered to overproduce a hormone called FGF21 resulted in improved metabolic health and an extended lifespan in mice that were fed a high-fat more PR
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