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Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 178, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 2017 (open access)

Gainesville Daily Register (Gainesville, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 178, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Daily newspaper from Gainesville, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Armstrong, Mark J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 281, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 2017 (open access)

Denton Record-Chronicle (Denton, Tex.), Vol. 113, No. 281, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Daily newspaper from Denton, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Parks, Scott K.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 2017 (open access)

The Aransas Pass Progress (Aransas Pass, Tex.), Vol. 108, No. 19, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Aransas Pass, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Bowers, John
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
Energy and Water Development: FY2017 Appropriations for Nuclear Weapons Activities (open access)

Energy and Water Development: FY2017 Appropriations for Nuclear Weapons Activities

This report discusses the annual Energy and Water Development appropriations bill that funds civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and several independent agencies.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Woolf, Amy F.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 988, Chapter 5 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 988, Chapter 5

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the participation of a county judge in a meeting of a commissioners court conducted by videoconference call.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 25 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 25

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate recognizing the Mount Tabor Indian Community for its contributions to this state.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 124 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 124

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate commemorating the 100th anniversary of the first license plate issued by the State of Texas.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 44 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 44

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate in memory of Frances Debora McBride Collins.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 81 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 81

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate commending mental health professionals for their contributions to the state on the occasion of National Mental Health Month.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 121 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 121

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate in memory of Salvador Sanchez Diaz of Edinburg.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 45 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 45

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate in memory of Dennis H. Boerner.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1120, Chapter 6 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Bill 1120, Chapter 6

Bill introduced by the Texas Senate relating to the prohibition of local motor fuel taxes on compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 43 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 43

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate recognizing Ginger Fagan for her contributions to this state.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 60 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Joint Resolution 60

Joint resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate proposing a constitutional amendment establishing a lower amount for expenses that can be charged to a borrower and removing certain financing expense limitations for a home equity loan, establishing certain authorized lenders to make a home equity loan, changing certain options for the refinancing of home equity loans, changing the threshold for an advance of a home equity line of credit, and allowing home equity loans on agricultural homesteads.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History

Behavioral Economic Tools for Promotion of Physical Activity

This book chapter describes two key behavioral economic constructs and four key behavioral economic tools and their application to physical activity.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Leonard, Tammy & Shuval, Kerem
Object Type: Book Chapter
System: The UNT Digital Library
H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visas: Policy and Related Issues (open access)

H-2A and H-2B Temporary Worker Visas: Policy and Related Issues

This report covers the H-2A agricultural guest worker program and the H-2B nonagricultural guest worker program. It explores the statutory and regulatory provisions that govern each program, focusing in particular on the much-debated labor certification process. It discusses past and present legislative efforts to reform the H-2A and H-2B programs and to create new guest worker visas, and identifies and analyzes key policy considerations to help inform future congressional action.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Bruno, Andorra
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Removal of FBI Director James Comey: Presidential Authority and the Senate's Role in the Appointment of the FBI Director (open access)

The Removal of FBI Director James Comey: Presidential Authority and the Senate's Role in the Appointment of the FBI Director

This report discusses President Trump's removal of James Comey as FBI Director and the Presidents legal power to do such a removal.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
FBI Director: Appointment and Tenure (open access)

FBI Director: Appointment and Tenure

This report provides an overview of the development of the process for appointing the FBI Director, briefly discusses the history of nominations to this position, and identifies related congressional hearing records and reports.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Hogue, Henry B.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Body shape differences in a pair of closely related Malawi cichlids and their hybrids: Effects of genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and transgressive segregation (open access)

Body shape differences in a pair of closely related Malawi cichlids and their hybrids: Effects of genetic variation, phenotypic plasticity, and transgressive segregation

Article describes study which investigated the contributions of both genetic and plastic components for differences in body shape in two species of Lake Malawi cichlids using wild‐caught specimens and a common garden experiment.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Husemann, Martin; Tobler, Michael; McCauley, Cagney; Ding, Baoqing & Danley, Patrick D.
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
Critical Digital Pedagogy Faculty Mentoring Network: Final Report (open access)

Critical Digital Pedagogy Faculty Mentoring Network: Final Report

This report documents the final report the Critical Digital Pedagogy Faculty Mentoring Network project funded through the University of North Texas Office of Faculty Success Team Mentoring Grant. This final report includes a summary of Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 activities, along with other related events.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Keralis, Spencer D. C.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 8, May 2017 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative Ernest Bailes: Volume 1, Issue 8, May 2017

Newsletter of Ernest Bailes for his constituents in district 18 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on the update on the Pro-Life bill progressing through the House, the passing of a bill to protect forest land, the bill filed to support a presidential library at Sam Huston State University, and the bill proposed on public school accountability.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Bailes, Ernest James, IV
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 118, No. 93, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 2017 (open access)

The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 118, No. 93, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Daily newspaper from Altus, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Steinkopff, Eric
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 2017 (open access)

Elgin Courier (Elgin, Tex.), Vol. 127, No. 20, Ed. 1 Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Weekly newspaper from Elgin, Texas that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Reddell, Valerie
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History
[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, May 10, 2017] (open access)

[News Release: Comptroller Distributes Sales Tax Revenue, May 10, 2017]

News release documenting Texas monthly sales tax revenue for May 2017 with a general summary and table of local sales tax allocations.
Date: May 10, 2017
Creator: Texas. Comptroller's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History