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Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0001 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0001

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: Whether an independent school district may use the certified estimate of property tax values to adopt a tax rate after adopting its budget (RQ-1211-GA).
Date: January 20, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proposed Clean Power Plan Federal Plan and Model Rules Public Hearings (open access)

Proposed Clean Power Plan Federal Plan and Model Rules Public Hearings

This document lists the speakers and their affiliations for a public hearing that took place in Atlanta, GA.
Date: November 20, 2015
Creator: unknown
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oral History Interview with Robert R. Bridges, July 20, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Robert R. Bridges, July 20, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Robert R. Bridges. Bridges joined the Marine Corps in January of 1942. He completed Officer Candidate School in October of 1943. He served with the 2nd Marine Division, 18th Marine Regiment during the battles of Tarawa, Saipan and Tinian. He returned to Saipan for preparations to invade Japan, where he remained through the end of the war. Bridges received his discharge in January of 1946.
Date: July 20, 2015
Creator: Bridges, Robert R.
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joe R. Griffin, July 20, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joe R. Griffin, July 20, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Joe R. Griffin. Griffin joined the Marine Corps in December of 1942. He served in Company C, 1st Battalion, 24th Marines, 4th Marine Division. They participated in the battles of Kwajalein, Tinian and Saipan. In June of 1944, on Saipan, Griffin received a direct hit, shattering his right arm. He was evacuated and received an honorable discharge in April of 1945.
Date: July 20, 2015
Creator: Griffin, Joe R
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Joseph Nicholas, October 20, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Joseph Nicholas, October 20, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Joseph Nicholas. Nicholas joined the Navy and trained as a hospital corpsman. With training complete, Nicholas reported to the dispensary at Parris Island. He joined the Fleet marine Force and was shipped to Guam and was in training when the war ended. He ended up going to Japan on occupation duty. He shares several anecdotes from his time on occupation duty. He returned in July 1946 and was discharged.
Date: October 20, 2015
Creator: Nicholas, Joseph
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with William Gregory, November 20, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with William Gregory, November 20, 2015

The National Museum of the pacific War presents an oral interview with William Gregory. Gregory finished high school in 1938 and qualified for the Army Air Corps aviation cadet program. Gregory earned his wings in mid-1942 and was assigned to England, arriving in late 1942 where he joined the 49th Pursuit Squadron. He then traveled to North Africa. He also escorted bombers during the invasion of Sicily. He flew a P-38. He completed 50 missions by October 1943 and returned to the US, where he remained until the war ended. He stayed in the Air Force, working as an operations officer within a U-2 reconnaissance squadron in Japan.
Date: November 20, 2015
Creator: Gregory, William
System: The Portal to Texas History
Oral History Interview with Lile Springs, December 20, 2015 (open access)

Oral History Interview with Lile Springs, December 20, 2015

The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an interview with Lile Springs. Springs was born 14 April 1925, in Hope, Arkansas. He worked on a farm with his father until 1943. He received a draft notice, though after his examinations he received a 4-F classification, unfit for military service. Springs went on to welding school in Little Rock. He later worked on welding war ships in Mobile at the Gulf Shipbuilding Corporation, and in Bremerton, Washington at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard. In 1945, he joined the Washington State Guard, and in November Springs was accepted into the Army Air Forces. He made the Air Force his career for the following 30 years. He retired in November, 1975 from the 12th Air Force at Bergstrom AFB in Austin, Texas. During his military career, Springs served as Base Sergeant Major and Cofounder and Commandant of the NCO Leadership School at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan. He also served as the Senior Enlisted Advisor to Major General Davis, Headquarters 19th Air Force, Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina. Springs also served in the Korean War and the Vietnam War.
Date: December 20, 2015
Creator: Springs, Lile
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Emergency Services Retirement System Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019 (open access)

Texas Emergency Services Retirement System Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2015-2019

Agency strategic plan of the Texas Emergency Services Retirement System for FY 2015-2019.
Date: June 20, 2015
Creator: Texas Emergency Services Retirement System
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dallas meeting focusing on next generation of livable communities (open access)

Dallas meeting focusing on next generation of livable communities

News release about Rail~Volution, a conference on rail oriented development to be hosted in Dallas.
Date: October 20, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History
Share your explorations in DART's Student Art Contest (open access)

Share your explorations in DART's Student Art Contest

News release about DART's annual student art contest.
Date: January 20, 2015
Creator: Lyons, Morgan & Ball, Mark
System: The Portal to Texas History