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Don’t Mess With Texas® offering prizes and scholarships to Texas students

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:00am

Don’t mess with Texas is holding two contests to award prizes and scholarships to Texas students demonstrating efforts to raise awareness about litter prevention in their communities. The 2020 Don’t mess with Texas Scholarship Contest and the Don’t mess with Texas K-12 School Art Contest are presented in partnership with Keep Texas Beautiful. Both contests are currently accepting applications and submissions.

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Texas Heritage Bank wins annual spelling bee

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:00am

On Jan. 31, teams gathered at the Daingerfield High School Cafeteria for the annual Spelling Bee benefitting the Daingerfield-Lone Star Education Foundation. For the second year in a row, the competition came down to the teams from Daingerfield High School and Texas Heritage National Bank.

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Early Voting for March 3 Primary begins Feb. 18

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:00am

The 2020 Election cycle will officially kick-off when early voting for the March 3 Primary begins across the state Feb. 18.

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Commercial Liability Partners purchases two retired coal-fired power plants in Northeast Texas

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:00am

St. Louis, MO (January 27, 2020) – Commercial Liability Partners (CLP) today announced the purchase of the Monticello Power Plant and the Big Brown Power Plant, two retired coal-fired power plants in Titus County and Freestone County, Texas. CLP purchased the plants from Luminant and with the acquisition complete, will begin the process of demolishing and remediating the existing infrastructure with a goal of preparing the sites for future redevelopment.

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Secretary of State urges voters to be prepared when headed to the polls

Wed, 02/05/2020 - 4:00am

With the March 3 Primary just over a month away, Secretary of State Ruth R. Hughs issued a call-to-action by urging Texans to register and take the appropriate steps to be prepared to vote. The deadline to register for the upcoming Primary was Feb. 3.

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Don’t Mess With Texas® offering prizes and scholarships to Texas students

Texas Heritage Bank wins annual spelling bee

Early Voting for March 3 Primary begins Feb. 18

Commercial Liability Partners purchases two retired coal-fired power plants in Northeast Texas

Secretary of State urges voters to be prepared when headed to the polls

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