85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 40 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 40

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate recognizing February 15, 2017, as Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas Day at the State Capitol.
Date: March 16, 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 60 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 60

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate congratulating Andrew Anderson of Grand Prairie on attaining the rank of Eagle Scout.
Date: March 2, 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 77 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 77

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate recognizing March 1, 2017, as University of Houston--Victoria Day at the State Capitol.
Date: March 29, 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 80 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Concurrent Resolution 80

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate in memory of Choco Gonzalez Meza of San Antonio.
Date: March 16, 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 23 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 23

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, February 22, 2017, and ending on Monday, February 27, 2017.
Date: March 1, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 28 (open access)

85th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, Senate Concurrent Resolution 28

Concurrent resolution introduced by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate granting the legislature permission to adjourn for more than three days during the period beginning on Wednesday, March 1, 2017, and ending on Monday, March 6, 2017.
Date: March 9, 2017
Creator: Texas. Legislature. Senate.
Object Type: Legislative Document
System: The Portal to Texas History
Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) Program: Background and Issues for Congress (open access)

Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) Program: Background and Issues for Congress

This report discusses the Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) aircraft, which may shift training from Field Training Units, where expensive fifth-generation aircraft are used, to less expensive trainer aircraft.
Date: March 31, 2017
Creator: Coral, Ceir
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Annual Legislative Report on Market Conditions: 2016 (open access)

Annual Legislative Report on Market Conditions: 2016

Includes information on the general and product liability, private passenger auto, workers compensation lines of insurance. Contains the underwriting profit or loss information of all businesses.
Date: March 31, 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of Insurance. Regulatory Policy Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Anti-Money Laundering: An Overview for Congress (open access)

Anti-Money Laundering: An Overview for Congress

This report discusses anti-money laundering (AML), which refers to efforts to prevent criminal exploitation of financial systems to conceal the location, ownership, source, nature, or control of illicit proceeds.
Date: March 1, 2017
Creator: Miller, Rena S. & Rosen, Liana W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Best Practices for Modifying Transportation Design, Planning, and Project Evaluation in Texas (open access)

Best Practices for Modifying Transportation Design, Planning, and Project Evaluation in Texas

Report on connected and automated vehicle technology and current trends in the industry. The report includes the implications of the deployment of connected and automated vehicles in Texas and potential legal issues.
Date: March 2017
Creator: Kockelman, Kara; Loftus-Otway, Lisa Dawn; Stewart, Duncan; Nichols, Aqshems; Wagner, Wendy; Boyles, Stephen David, 1982- et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Brief History of Attorney General Recusal (open access)

A Brief History of Attorney General Recusal

This report lists the fifteen previous instances of U.S. Attorney General's recusing themselves from an investigation since 1989 after the announcement by U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he was recusing himself from and any investigations regarding President Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Briefing, March 2017 (open access)

The Briefing, March 2017

Newsletter of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement describing news, events, and activities of the Commission, as well as updates about changes to laws or other information of interest to readers.
Date: March 2017
Creator: Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Change in Direction for Seoul? The Impeachment of South Korea's President (open access)

A Change in Direction for Seoul? The Impeachment of South Korea's President

This report discusses the Constitutional Court decision for impeachment of the former President of South Korea, Park Geun-hye. The decision was the latest development in a corruption scandal that has engulfed South Korean politics and the business world since October 2016, and comes against the backdrop of North Korean missile tests.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Manyin, Mark E.; Chanlett-Avery, Emma & Corrado, Jonathan R.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
China-U.S. Trade Issues (open access)

China-U.S. Trade Issues

This report discusses the U.S.-China economic relationship and China's rapid expansion as a global economic market, within the context of the current global economic crisis. It also examines major U.S.-China trade issues and related legislation.
Date: March 6, 2017
Creator: Morrison, Wayne M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clean Power Plan: Legal Background and Pending Litigation in West Virginia v. EPA (open access)

Clean Power Plan: Legal Background and Pending Litigation in West Virginia v. EPA

This report provides legal background on the Clean Power Plan rule (CPP) to regulate emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), its Clean Air Act (CAA) framework under Section 111, and climate-related lawsuits that have preceded the present litigation over the CPP. It then gives an overview of the participants in the current litigation, including two groups of Members of Congress, who have offered briefs in support of the petitioners and the respondents, respectively.
Date: March 8, 2017
Creator: Tsang, Linda & Wyatt, Alexandra M.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Colombia's Changing Approach to Drug Policy (open access)

Colombia's Changing Approach to Drug Policy

This report describes how Colombia's drug policies have evolved in light of Colombia's peace agreement with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) and its changing counter-narcotics policy. The final peace agreement addresses important issues, such as illicit crop cultivation--a major source of FARC income--and rural development.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Beittel, June S. & Rosen, Liana W.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Biennial Report on Texas Public Schools (open access)

Comprehensive Biennial Report on Texas Public Schools

Biennial report on Texas Public Schools detailing the state of public education in Texas. The report includes performance indicators, numbers of graduates and drop outs, grade-level retention, district and campus performance, performance of charter schools, and agency funds and expenditures.
Date: March 2017
Creator: Texas Education Agency
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Concept of Operations and Policy Implications for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Use for Traffic Incident Management (open access)

Concept of Operations and Policy Implications for Unmanned Aircraft Systems Use for Traffic Incident Management

Report examining the possible use of drones in identifying traffic incidents on Texas freeways to improve response times for restoring roadways after incidents.
Date: March 2017
Creator: Texas A & M Transportation Institute
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Corrective Action Plans for LPST Sites (open access)

Corrective Action Plans for LPST Sites

Report detailing corrective action plans for leaking petroleum storage sites. Includes site examination guidelines, worksheets, emergency measures, and more.
Date: March 2017
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Remediation Division.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Dark Web (open access)

Dark Web

This report illuminates information on the various layers of the Internet, with a particular focus on the Dark Web. It discusses both legitimate and illicit uses of the Dark Web, including how the government may rely upon it. Throughout, the report raises issues that policy makers may consider as they explore means to curb malicious activity online.
Date: March 10, 2017
Creator: Finklea, Kristin
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Debt Limit Since 2011 (open access)

The Debt Limit Since 2011

This report discusses the federal debt increase, which can increase when the government sells debt to the public to finance budget deficits and acquire the financial resources needed to meet its obligations (increasing debt held by the public), or when the federal government issues debt to certain government accounts in exchange for their reported surpluses (increasing debt held by government accounts).
Date: March 14, 2017
Creator: Austin, D. A.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Defense Primer: A Guide for New Members (open access)

Defense Primer: A Guide for New Members

This report describes the power of the Congress over the armed forces, including the power to "to raise and support Armies," "to provide and maintain a Navy," "to make Rules for the Government and Regulation of the land and naval Forces" and "to provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States...", as well as references to other reports on related topics.
Date: March 3, 2017
Creator: Kapp, Lawrence
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Dispatch, March 2017 (open access)

The Dispatch, March 2017

Monthly magazine of the Texas Military Department discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to Texas defenses and military updates.
Date: March 2017
Creator: Texas Military Department
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The ECHO, Vol. 89, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 2017 (open access)

The ECHO, Vol. 89, No. 2, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 2, 2017

Monthly newspaper produced for inmates in the Texas criminal justice system containing news stories, policy updates, opinion pieces, creative works, and other information.
Date: March 2, 2017
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History