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Body The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is delaying the effective date of the final rule to list two distinct population segments (DPS) of the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The service is extending the effective date by 60 days, from Jan.

Body AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced last week that he would send cities, counties, transit systems, and special-purpose districts $1.07 billion in local sales tax allocations for January 2023, 7.6 percent more than in January 2022.

Body City managers, public works directors, county judges, regional water planners, regional flood planners, groundwater conservation districts, educators and students at universities and community colleges, farmers, ranchers, agency personnel, and the interested public are invited to...

Body RRC reports oil and gas production stats AUSTIN—Crude oil and natural gas production as reported to the Texas Railroad Commission for October 2022 came from 161,356 oil wells and 80,281 gas wells.

Body COLLEGE STATION—Texas A&M Forest Service has awarded $522,162 in grants to Texas landowners for the treatment of more than 18,000 acres with prescribed burning.

Body AUSTIN—In yet another move to improve transparency, the Railroad Commission has launched an interactive map of ongoing orphan well plugging with the use of federal infrastructure funding.

Body AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar on Tuesday said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.93 billion in December, 10.5 percent more than in December 2021.

Body Craddick elected Texas Railroad Commission chairman AUSTIN—Commissioner Christi Craddick was unanimously elected chairman of the Railroad Commission of Texas during today’s RRC open meeting.

Body WACO—Texas farmers and ranchers established policy to help guide the agricultural advocacy efforts of Texas Farm Bureau (TFB), the state’s largest general farm and ranch organization.