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General Land Office

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Name: General Land Office

First reported 12 hours ago - Updated 12 hours ago - 1 reports

Lawmakers set up endangered species task force

AUSTIN, Texas --How the state responds to the listing of an endangered species in Texas will be coordinated by a special task force under a bill approved by the Legislature.Lawmakers sent the measure to the governor on Friday. The bill would create the ... [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - 12 hours ago]

Entities: Endangered Species, Task Force, General Land Office, Austin, Attorney General

First reported May 23 2013 - Updated May 23 2013 - 1 reports

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Texas Files Suit Against BP

for Damages Caused By 2010 Deepwater Horizon Oil SpillSeeks damages and civil penalties for worst environmental disaster in U.S. historyAUSTIN - The State of Texas today filed a lawsuit against BP America and other defendants for their role in the April ... [Published Montgomery County News - May 23 2013]

Entities: BP plc, Oil Spill, Transocean Ltd, Deepwater Horizon

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Texas Senate

Senate approves Capitol complex protections

The Texas Senate took another step Tuesday limiting public private partnerships and protecting the Capitol complex.The Senate approved House Bill 3436 that prohibits the Texas Facilities Commission and the General Land Office from disposing of land in ... [Published Austin American Statesman - May 22 2013]

Entities: General Land Office, Texas Senate

First reported May 22 2013 - Updated May 22 2013 - 1 reports

Texas Senate to vote on reforming endangered species program

Mella McEwen Midland Reporter-Telegram | 0 commentsTexas senators are expected to vote today on legislation that would reform the state's endangered species program, credited with keeping the dunes sagebrush lizard from being listed as endangered by ... [Published My West Texas - May 22 2013]

Entities: Endangered Species, Texas Senate, Kel Seliger

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 2 reports

Officials looking for source of oil spill hitting Galveston beaches

Officials are looking into the possibility that a ship anchored offshore may have spilled oil that slightly damaged roughly a mile and a half stretch of beaches on Galveston's West End.Rich Arnhart, regional director of the Texas General Land Office, ... [Published Houston Chronicle - May 21 2013]

Entities: Oil Spill, General Land Office, Seepage, Pollution Control

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

Small pieces of coastal paradise up for bid

Hard-to-get permits for two GLO fishing cabins go to top bidders June 17AUSTIN — A rare chance to build two fishing cabins on Texas coast will go to the top bidders on June 17, Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson announced today.“Serious fishermen ... [Published North Texas e-News - May 21 2013]

Entities: General Land Office, Austin, Stephen F. Austin

First reported May 19 2013 - Updated May 19 2013 - 1 reports

AS Watson

EDITORIAL: Allow local zoning rules to be applied to state p. . .

EDITORIAL: Allow local zoning rules to be applied to state projects [Austin American-Statesman]Austin American-StatesmanMcClatchy-Tribune Information ServicesMay 19--Looking toward the Governor's Mansion for their lead, members of the Texas House last ... [Published Equities.com - May 19 2013]

Entities: Zoning, Austin, AS Watson, Rick Perry, Kirk Watson

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

How did that happen?

How did Senate Bill 1560 get to a hearing in Austin on Friday morning without people in Galveston knowing about it?The bill might do a lot of things. It might provide static easements to beach-front property owners. And, if you recall the Texas General ... [Published Galveston County Daily News - May 18 2013]

Entities: Easement, General Land Office, Austin

First reported May 02 2013 - Updated May 02 2013 - 2 reports

USCG, TX General Land Office oversee leaking oil platform

Corpus Christi, TX (KETK) — Federal, state and local agencies and responders are working Wednesday to mitigate possible impact from an oil platform that has a small leak of water coming from a large tank that also contains crude oil and is located about ... [Published KETKNBC - May 02 2013]

Entities: General Land Office, Incident Management, Amberjack, Management Team

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 1 reports

Border Energy XX in San Antonio

Texas General Land Office Sets 20th Annual for NovemberThe Texas General Land Office will host Border Energy Forum XX November 6-8, at the Embassy Suites Riverwalk-Downtown in San Antonio – “right at the heart of the Eagle Ford Shale discussion.”“More ... [Published Fleets & Fuels - May 01 2013]

Entities: San Antonio (Texas, United States), General Land Office, Ocean Power, Natural Gas

First reported Apr 27 2013 - Updated Apr 27 2013 - 1 reports

Annual beach cleanup

Isaac Martinez pulls a piece of trash from the sand along Boddeker Road in Galveston during the Texas General Land Office’s Adopt-A-Beach Spring cleanup Saturday. He, along with his brother Jacob Guill and mother, Debra Guill, have participated in the ... [Published Galveston County Daily News - Apr 27 2013]

Entities: General Land Office, CenterPoint Energy Inc

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

SpaceX legislation gains support

By TY JOHNSON The Brownsville Herald Valley Morning StarTwo pieces of legislation that aim to open the door for future rocket launches in Cameron County moved forward Wednesday with both the Texas House and Senate versions of bills getting favorable responses ... [Published Valley Morning Star - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: SpaceX, Eddie Lucio, Jr., General Land Office, Ingress and Egress

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"He's aware of the bill and his staff has looked at it and made some suggestions" Shepperd said

Texas Senate to vote on reforming endangered species program [Published My West Texas - May 22 2013]

"We won't know until the investigation is completed, but a possible source is from a ship that was offshore at the time" Anhart said

Officials looking for source of oil spill hitting Galveston beaches [Published Houston Chronicle - May 21 2013]

...Or, as state Rep. Harold Dutton, D-Houston, phrased it in a report by the American-Statesman's Laylan Copelin, its "absolute, unfettered right to move forward with a project that the state deems appropriate and necessary to conduct state business."

EDITORIAL: Allow local zoning rules to be applied to state p. . . [Published Equities.com - May 19 2013]

"By going through local zoning, it assures a thoughtful, planned approach as opposed to just being able to throw a public-private agreement at the neighbors, " Watson said. "It has worked in the past."

Texas House kills local review of public-private projects [Published Individual.com - May 16 2013]

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Perry staying mum as special session talk ramps up [Published Cleveland Advocate - 3 hours ago]
Perry signs SpaceX bill for S. Texas beach clos... [Published MySanAntonio - 8 hours ago]
Lawmakers set up endangered species task force [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - 12 hours ago]
Texas Files Suit Against BP [Published Montgomery County News - May 23 2013]
US Offshore Wind Fact Sheet [Published Greentech Media - May 23 2013]
Senate approves Capitol complex protections [Published Austin American Statesman - May 22 2013]
Texas Senate to vote on reforming endangered sp... [Published My West Texas - May 22 2013]
Officials looking for source of oil spill hitti... [Published Houston Chronicle - May 21 2013]
Minor spill, tar balls cleaned up at Galveston [Published South Carolina Enquirer-Herald - May 21 2013]
Small pieces of coastal paradise up for bid [Published North Texas e-News - May 21 2013]
EDITORIAL: Allow local zoning rules to be appli... [Published Equities.com - May 19 2013]
How did that happen? [Published Galveston County Daily News - May 18 2013]
State of Texas sues BP America in 2010 Deepwate... [Published MyFox Houston - May 17 2013]
Texas House kills local review of public-privat... [Published Individual.com - May 16 2013]
Environmental Change and the 'Ethics' of Govern... [Published Lubbock Online - May 15 2013]
OC Child Support facing changes [Published Orange Leader - May 13 2013]
Pro-equality Pflugerville trustees win; El Paso... [Published Dallas Voice - May 12 2013]
George W. Bush to host fundraiser for land comm... [Published Daily Caller - May 07 2013]
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill; Proposal of Future... [Published Zecco - May 06 2013]
UPDATE: Leaky Matagorda Island oil rig tank emp... [Published KETKNBC - May 03 2013]
Galveston got it right [Published Galveston County Daily News - May 03 2013]
USCG, TX General Land Office oversee leaking oi... [Published KETKNBC - May 02 2013]
Coast Guard, Texas General Land Office oversee ... [Published DVIDS - May 02 2013]
El Paso City Council OKs Jobe quarry near Frank... [Published Las Cruces Sun-News - May 01 2013]
Border Energy XX in San Antonio [Published Fleets & Fuels - May 01 2013]
It’s time for Galveston, land office spat to end [Published Galveston County Daily News - Apr 28 2013]
Texas land commissioner talks past, future with... [Published Seguin Gazette-Enterprise - Apr 28 2013]
Comparing contracts [Published Galveston County Daily News - Apr 27 2013]
Housing authority chairman replies to land offi... [Published Galveston County Daily News - Apr 27 2013]
Annual beach cleanup [Published Galveston County Daily News - Apr 27 2013]

Blogs

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Slavery and Capitalism [Published Lawyers, Guns & Money - Mar 31 2013] It can’t be stated often enough that slavery was inexorably tied with the rise of capitalism in the United States. Historian Walter Johnson : Without slavery, however, the survey maps of the General Land Office would have remained a sort of science-fiction ...
Another setback for open beaches [Published Off the Kuff - Jan 29 2013] At this rate, the concept of “open beaches” is on its way to becoming an anachronism . The Texas Supreme Court dealt another blow Friday to the Texas Open Beaches Act in a case pitting beachfront property owners against the city of Surfside. The ...
Sacred document of Texan martyrdom on public di... [Published Wired: Beyond the Beyond - Jan 18 2013] br /> *Move over, Thermopylae, Masada, Field of Blackbirds, Black Hole of Calcutta, etc.; when it comes to a lasting resentment of ethnic cleansing, my home state ranks second to none. PRESS RELEASE CONTACT: Mark Loeffler, (512) 517.8669 Travis’ ...
Friday Wrap: George P., Abbott, Lance, Notre Da... [Published Burnt Orange Report - Jan 18 2013] Welcome to the Friday Wrap, where your Burnt Orange Reporters comment on the major issues of this week. Leading off, Chaille Jolink submits this graphic made by New Leaders Texas about an odd young man recently seen roaming the Texas General Land Office ...
School Land Board votes to transfer $300 millio... [Published Off the Kuff - Jan 11 2013] From the Trib : The School Land Board voted Tuesday to release $300 million into the Available School Fund for public schools. The money will be released in two $150 million installments, one in February and the other on June. The funds had ...

Press Releases

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Texas General Land Office Selects Acclaim Energ... [Published PR Newswire: General Business - Apr 24 2013]