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AUSTIN––The Texas Railroad Commission issued a total of 312 original drilling permits in June 2020, compared to 1,001 in June 2019. The June 2020 total includes 262 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, three to reenter plugged well bores, and 21 for recompletions of existing well bores.

COLLEGE STATION—Texas A&M Forest Service is now accepting grant applications for the State Fire Assistance for Mitigation– Plains Prescribed Fire Grant through Aug. 15. The grant will provide $81,000 in total funding for prescribed burns.

WASHINGTON— The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is providing additional flexibilities for producers to file on acres with failed crops or crops that were prevented from planting because of extreme weather events.

AUSTIN—Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar said this week that state sales tax revenues totaled $2.67 billion in June, 6.5 percent less than in June 2019. The majority of June sales tax revenue is based on sales made in May and remitted to the agency in June.

The combined effects of the coronavirus shutdown and a slumping oil and gas industry have forced some changes to two of Hemphill County’s major annual events: Texas A&M AgriLife’s beef cattle conference, and oil and gas conference.

AUSTIN—On Tuesday, June 16, the Railroad Commission of Texas heard from the state’s oil and gas trade associations, environmental advocacy groups, and several oil and gas producers about the issue of flaring and how Texas can implement meaningful reforms to reduce flaring before oil and gas...

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced Wednesday he will send cities, counties, transit systems, and special-purpose taxing districts $690.4 million in local sales tax allocations for June—11.7 percent less than in June 2019.

AUSTIN—The Texas Railroad Commission issued a total of 251 original drilling permits in May 2020 compared to 1,050 in May 2019. The May 2020 total includes 208 permits to drill new oil or gas wells, one to re-enter plugged well bores and 27 for re-completions of existing well bores.

Many of the activities that Tanya and Andy Holloway would have reported to county commissioners in Monday’s quarterly update never happened.

The annual Texas A&M beef cattle short course is going virtual this year due to COVID-19 restrictions.