Tourism In The Coastal Bend Tourism is a booming industry in the state of Texas. In 2014, over $70.6 billion was directly spent on travel in Texas, a 4.7 percent…
read moreHB 10: Legislative Reforms To Help Curb And Eradicate Human Trafficking Since the 84th Texas Legislative Session has come to a close, I want to take this opportunity to look…
read moreA Continued Look At The Interim Committee Charges For The 2016 Interim I wanted to follow up from the last few week’s article to discuss some of the recently announced…
read moreInterim Committee Charges Released For The 2016 Interim I wanted to take this opportunity to discuss some of the recently announced interim charges that have been announced for the 2016…
read moreJoint Committee On Cruise Ship Industry Appointed Recently, the Speaker of the Texas House of Representatives, Joe Straus, gave me the privilege to serve as the chairman of the Joint…
read moreToys For Tots And Other Holiday Drives With December in full swing, it’s the time of year that residents of the Coastal Bend join together to assist those less fortunate.…
read moreWreaths Across America And Saving Lives This month marks the 24th anniversary of the Wreaths Across America Program which was started in 1992 with the donation and laying of 5,000…
read moreDuring Holiday Season Check Unclaimed Property Texas is currently holding about $4 billion in cash and other valuables waiting for their rightful owners to claim. The Texas Comptroller estimates that…
read moreCooler Weather Brings New Challenges To Some Home Owners In this week’s article, I want to talk about an issue that some households may be facing during the cooler parts…
read moreWays Of Giving During The Holiday Season In this week’s article, I want to highlight some of the many ways you can help less fortunate Coastal Bend residents this holiday…
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