By Senator Robert Nichols (Senate District)

My Five Cents: AI, Texas Energy Fund, Voters, TxDOT, Rural Hospitals, Texas Hunts

August 30, 2024 - Fall is just around the corner! Which means the 2024-2025 hunting season is here. Dove hunting season opens this weekend. Be sure to get a license from Texas Parks and Wildlife and as always be safe.

Here are five things happening around your state:

1. Business and Commerce Committee discusses Artificial Intelligence, Texas Energy Fund

Nichols' Five Cents: Broadband, TRS, Meta, TWIA Increase, SpaceX

August 1, 2024 - Last month Houston and the Gulf Coast were devastated by Hurricane Beryl, which made landfall Monday, July 8 near Matagorda. Thirty-six Texans died during and after the storm and 2.3 million were left without power, some for almost two weeks. Hearings were held in Austin to assess the response and hold utility companies accountable that did not perform well, including CenterPoint Entergy.  

Here are five things happening around your state:  

1. BDO accepting proposals for broadband grant funding

My Five Cents: Grants, Scholarship and Broadband

April 25, 2024 - On April 21, 1836 the Battle of San Jacinto was fought and won by Sam Houston and the Texas army in a matter of minutes. Only nine Texans were killed while 630 Mexican soldiers died in the battle. Santa Anna was captured after the battle and with the victory, the Republic of Texas began.

Here are five things happening around your state:

1. East Texas law enforcement agencies receive grants

My Five Cents: Maternal Medicaid, Health Centers Grant, SFA President, Lamar SCO, Opioid Overdoses

March 28, 2024 - For the first time since 1878, Texans will see their first total solar eclipse next month. Total solar eclipses are rare because the sun, the moon, and the Earth must align such that the moon moves in between the sun and the Earth. Only people who are within the path of totality will be able to see the full effects of the eclipse. The path of totality encompasses a large swath of Texas including the DFW metroplex, Tyler, Austin and the Hill Country, and Del Rio. The eclipse will happen on April 8.

My Five Cents: Dean of the Senate, Texas Ports, Law Enforcement, Veterans Home Loan, Crawfish Season

January 25, 2024 - One hundred and eighty-five years ago this month, the Republic of Texas passed a piece of legislation that set the framework for education funding to this day. On January 26, 1839, a bill passed that set aside land for public schools in Texas and two public universities. It fulfilled the vision President Mirabeau Lamar had for a public education system endowed by public lands in the state. Though not immediately successful, the program had lasting impacts and earned Lamar the nickname “Father of Texas Education.”

My Five Cents: Texas Talent, Special Session, Shark Tank, Job Growth and Training

October 26, 2023 - On October 25, 1886, the Texas State Fair opened in Dallas. For 137 years, the Fair has operated in Dallas. During the first State Fair, a rival organization opened the Dallas Exposition at the same time. Both fairs were successful and drew crowds of over 35,000 people a day at the time. Eventually the groups merged and became the State Fair of Texas. The current fair grounds in Fair Park were the original location of the Dallas Exposition. The grounds were expanded in 1936 when it became the site of the Texas Centennial Exposition. 

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