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The Texas Legislature created the Texas Highway Department in 1916 to administer federal highway construction and maintenance. In 1975, its responsibilities increased when the agency merged with the Texas Mass Transportation Commission, [3] resulting in the formation of the State Department of Highways and Public Transportation. [4] [5] [6]
The agency's Mental Health and Substance Abuse Division, along with Public Policy Research Institute at Texas A&M University coordinate the Texas School Survey, [4] a program consisting of two surveys on drug and alcohol abuse, an annual one done at the local school-district level and a biennial statewide survey. The statewide survey, called ...
I-10 and I-45 interchange in Houston State Highway 45, the first of several toll roads in Central Texas, under construction. Texas freeways have been heavily traveled since their 1948 beginnings with a several-mile stretch of Houston's Gulf Freeway, and are often under construction to meet the demands of continuing growth. As of 2005, there ...
It grew from 12 employees in 1916 to 69 in 1930 and 566 in 1939. It does not have jurisdiction over investor-owned electric utility companies; that falls under the jurisdiction of the Public Utility Commission of Texas. [13] [14] A crisis for the petroleum industry was created by the East Texas oil boom of the 1930s, as prices plunged to 25¢ a ...
(The Center Square) – Job growth in the Texas oil and natural gas industry continues to remain strong, contributing to Texas again leading the U.S. in job growth last month. In October, the ...
Construction is expected to be completed by June 2025, with the schools opening in the fall for the 2025-26 school year. An artist's rendering shows a third grade classroom in the new Massillon ...
Olentangy Local schools levy package. The 4.25-mill levy is actually two issues.. The first, a 3-mill operating levy, would bring in $19 million a year and go toward operating costs such as staff ...
Oil field in McCamey, ca. 1930. The known petroleum deposits of Texas are about 8 billion barrels (1.3 × 10 9 m 3), which makes up approximately one-third of the known U.S. supply. Texas has 4.6 billion barrels (730,000,000 m 3) of proven crude oil reserves. [15]