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Texas Weekly Gas Price Update

News Staff

Monday, July 27, 2026

July 27, 2026Average gasoline prices in Texas have risen 12.5 cents per gallon in the last week, averaging $3.67/g today, according to GasBuddy's survey of 13,114 stations in Texas. Prices in Texas are 42.6 cents per gallon higher than a month ago and stand 93.

College Station Tree Planting | Courtesy Texas A&M Agrilife

Texas A&M Forest Service awards Community Forestry Grants to support urban forests across Texas

Texas A&m Agrilife Extension

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJuly 20, 2026Texas A&M Forest Service awards Community Forestry Grants to support urban forests across TexasCOLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M Forest Service awarded $389,340 through its Community Forestry Grants Program this month to support community-led projects that expand...

NEW NFIB REPORT: Texas Small Businesses Report Insurance Challenges Five Points Worse Than National Average

News Staff

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

AUSTIN, TX (July 20, 2026) – A new Texas Small Business Economic Trends (SBET) report, produced by the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) Research Center and released today, highlights responses from Texas small business owners on a variety of issues compared to national averages...

Texas Skeleton Plant - Credit: Wendy Anderson/iNaturalist

Nearly 180 Species of Greatest Conservation Need Noted by Texans During City Nature Challenge

Texas Parks And Wildlife

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

For the fifth year in a row, several Texas cities ranked in the top ten globally during the City Nature Challenge (CNC), one of the world’s largest community science events.

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House passes bill making Daylight Saving Time permanent

Congressman August Pfluger

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

I was proud to vote in favor of the Sunshine Protection Act to make Daylight Saving Time Permanent. Twice a year, we put families and communities through an unnecessary disruption of changing clocks.

Members of the Texas A&M Forest Service watch as a plane drops fire retardant on a portion of the Smokehouse Creek Fire on Saturday, Mar 02, 2024, in Hemphill County, Texas, after high winds caused a flare-up to reignite the record-breaking fire. (Sam Craft/Texas A&M AgriLife Marketing and Communications)

Texas A&M Forest Service announces first purchase of dedicated wildland firefighting aircraft

Texas A&m Forest Service

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

July 16, 2026Texas A&M Forest Service is building a state-managed fleet of wildland firefighting aircraft, beginning with the purchase of two SUBARU Bell 412EPX helicopters.

Congressman August Pfluger

Kimble, Mason, and Menard Counties added to Major Disaster Declaration for Public Assistance from FEMA

Congressman August Pfluger

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

On July 20, 2026, Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) announced that Kimble, Mason, and Menard counties have officially been added to President Trump's Major Disaster Declaration for public assistance from FEMA.You can read FEMA's official announcement by searching for: President Donald J.

Everything's Bigger in Texas - Including the 2026 World Cup

U.s. Senator John Cornyn, R-texas

Wednesday, July 22, 2026

When most Texans think of football, we think of Texas teams like the Dallas Cowboys, Houston Texans, Texas Longhorns, Fightin’ Texas Aggies, or even the local high school teams we root for under the Friday night lights.

The New World screwworm is not a worm at all but rather the destructive larval stage of a parasitic blowfly. (Hannah Lang/Texas A&M AgriLife)

Beyond the barn: What the return of New World screwworm means for human health

Texas A&m University System Staff

Tuesday, July 21, 2026

Reports of the New World screwworm returning to the United States have raised concern. Driven northward from Central America and expanding across our southern borders, this parasitic fly has officially reemerged after a 44-year absence, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA).

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Be Safe. Drive Smart: Mistakes turn deadly at high speeds.

Lisa Tipton / Txdot Brownwood District

Monday, July 20, 2026

In Texas, getting there a few minutes faster isn’t worth a lifetime of consequences. Choosing to slow down is one of the simplest ways to protect yourself — and everyone else on the road.That’s the message behind Drive Like a Texan: Kind. Courteous. Safe.

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