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[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, July 7, 2016] (open access)

[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, July 7, 2016]

News release documenting Texas monthly sales tax revenue for July, 2016 with a general summary and table of local sales tax allocations.
Date: July 7, 2016
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0118 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0118

Document issued by the Office of the Attorney General of Texas in Austin, Texas, providing an interpretation of Texas law. It provides the opinion of the Texas Attorney General, Ken Paxton, regarding a legal question submitted for clarification: Election questions related to ballot image storage, the production of tally lists by election judges, and remedies for the unauthorized exclusion of a poll watcher (RQ-0126-KP).
Date: November 7, 2016
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with John Miles, April 7, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with John Miles, April 7, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with John Miles. Miles made a deal with the local draft board in his area that he would join the Army right after his sister was married. When she married in 1945, he joined the Army, trained at Fort Lewis and went to Japan on occupation duty. He was assigned to an engineer unit and constructed facilities in occupied Japan. He returned, was discharged and went on to attend Georgia Tech.
Date: April 7, 2016
Creator: Miles, John
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Frank Tooze, June 7, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Frank Tooze, June 7, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Frank Tooze. Tooze joined the Navy V-12 program in July of 1943, and began his naval service at St. Lawrence University in Canton, New York. He graduated in October of 1944 from the Midshipmen School Program as an ensign. He then reported for duty aboard the USS Biscayne (AGC-18). In February 1945 they set sail for Luzon, Philippines. Their orders were to provide close-in support during the Battle of Iwo Jima. They were there from February 19 through March 26. From there they provided support for the Battle of Okinawa beginning April of 1945. Tooze provides details of his experiences and what he witnessed at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. He provides some detail of the death of news correspondent Ernie Pyle. In December of 1945 they returned to the States. Tooze was discharged in March of 1946, then participated in the Naval Reserve until 1951.
Date: June 7, 2016
Creator: Tooze, Frank
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Irene Johnson, February 7, 2016 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Irene Johnson, February 7, 2016

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Irene Johnson. Johnson was born in 1917 in Iowa. She speaks of life during the Great Depression. Johnson graduated from high school around 1935, and attended one year of college in Kansas. Around 1939, she moved to Dallas, and worked in the office of a construction company, building housing for training pilots. After the war began, she joined the Women’s Army Corps. Johnson provides details of her service, including uniforms, housing and her office work completed at an airfield, tracking locations of pilots.
Date: February 7, 2016
Creator: Johnson, Irene
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, December 7, 2016] (open access)

[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, December 7, 2016]

News release documenting Texas monthly sales tax revenue for December 2016 with a general summary and table of local sales tax allocations.
Date: December 7, 2016
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
[TXSSAR Arlington, Holiday and Event Calendar] (open access)

[TXSSAR Arlington, Holiday and Event Calendar]

A document that lists the dates of important events and holidays for the TXSSAR Arlington Chapter (#7). It is a yearly list and it includes websites that members can visit for further information about the chapter's history and a calendar.
Date: July 7, 2016
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
System: The UNT Digital Library
[TXSSAR Arlington, Youth Awards Pamphlet] (open access)

[TXSSAR Arlington, Youth Awards Pamphlet]

A document that includes information about the Youth Awards available through TXSSAR's Arlington Chapter (#7). There are badges, medals available through Eagle Scouts and JROTC as well as essay and project options.
Date: July 7, 2016
Creator: Texas Society Sons of the American Revolution, Arlington Chapter 7
System: The UNT Digital Library
DART Teams Up with Lyft, Uber and MADD for St. Patrick's Events (open access)

DART Teams Up with Lyft, Uber and MADD for St. Patrick's Events

News release about a partnership between DART, Uber, Lyft, and MADD to make it more convenient to travel to St. Patrick's Day celebration via public transit and ridesharing services in order to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers during the holiday. These efforts include DART running trains more frequently and Uber and Lyft offering discounts to first time riders.
Date: March 7, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Glenn Heights gets new DART bus design starting March 14 (open access)

Glenn Heights gets new DART bus design starting March 14

News release promoting the introduction of DART's On-Call bus service to the city of Glenn Heights.
Date: March 7, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas Area Rapid Transit Deploys CHK America's ConnectPoint® Interactive Kiosk at Love Field Airport (open access)

Dallas Area Rapid Transit Deploys CHK America's ConnectPoint® Interactive Kiosk at Love Field Airport

News release about DART ticketing kiosks being placed at Dallas Love Field Airport.
Date: September 7, 2016
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Holdsworth, Carol
System: The Portal to Texas History