Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools: 2013-2014, District Supplement (open access)

Secondary School Completion and Dropouts in Texas Public Schools: 2013-2014, District Supplement

Supplementary compilation summarizing data regarding graduates and dropouts in Texas public secondary schools broken down by school district (alphabetically) and by various district characteristics.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas Education Agency. Division of Research and Analysis.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Briefing, October 2015 (open access)

The Briefing, October 2015

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: October 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Newsletter of Texas State Representative Cecil Bell, Jr.: October 2013 (open access)

Newsletter of Texas State Representative Cecil Bell, Jr.: October 2013

Newsletter of Cecil Bell, Jr. for his constituents in district 3 discussing news, activities, and various updates related to work in the Texas legislature. It focuses on an upcoming Texas Constitutional Amendment Election.
Date: October 15, 2015
Creator: Bell, Cecil Ivan, Jr.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Main Street Matters, October 2015 (open access)

Main Street Matters, October 2015

Newsletter issued by the Texas Main Street Program discussing news, events, and other information related to the program as well as featuring designated participating communities and providing technical advice regarding conservation and restoration.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Guadalupe Bayou Flow and Inundation Study Final Report (open access)

Guadalupe Bayou Flow and Inundation Study Final Report

Report focused on "studying environmental flow needs for Texas rivers and estuaries" (p. 1).
Date: October 30, 2015
Creator: Carothers, Richard; Hodges, Ben R. & Passalacqua, Paola
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Modeling Salinity Fluxes in the Nueces Delta (open access)

Modeling Salinity Fluxes in the Nueces Delta

Report that summarizes the accomplishments of the the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) Interagency contract to make improvements to the Nueces Delta Hydrodynamic Model (NDHM).
Date: October 30, 2015
Creator: Li, Zhi & Hodges, Ben R.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Kinship Quarterly, October 2015 (open access)

Kinship Quarterly, October 2015

Quarterly newsletter related to the "Kinship Care by Child Protective Services (CPS)" program run by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services containing departmental information and announcements, deadlines, and other information of importance to people involved in the program.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Family and Protective Services.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Minuteman, October 2015 (open access)

The Minuteman, October 2015

Quarterly newsletter of the Texas Army National Guard Recruiting & Retention Command discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other related information.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas Army National Guard. Recruiting & Retention Command.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Eye on Nature, Fall 2015 (open access)

Eye on Nature, Fall 2015

Newsletter of the Texas Wildlife Division discussing news, events, programs, and other topics of interest related to wildlife management in Texas, and Texas Parks and Wildlife activities.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Wildlife Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
CR News, Volume 20, Number 4, October-December 2015 (open access)

CR News, Volume 20, Number 4, October-December 2015

Quarterly newsletter of the Texas Department of Public Safety Crime Records Division discussing news and activities of the organization as well as other information related to crime records and other safety issue within Texas.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Crime Records Division.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Business Today, Fourth Quarter 2015 (open access)

Texas Business Today, Fourth Quarter 2015

Quarterly newsletter for Texas employers describing upcoming activities, new laws affecting businesses, articles on various business-related topics, and other relevant topics.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas Workforce Commission. Office of the Commissioner Representing Employers.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Field guide to water education (open access)

Field guide to water education

This Report introduces educators to the water (hydrologic) cycle, aquatic life, and water pollution. Following the introduction are lesson plans that educators may use to teach these subjects to their students. Each lesson plan is accompanied by a student handout, vailable in the back of the guide.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review : 2014 (open access)

Texas Department of Criminal Justice Annual Review : 2014

Annual report on the activities of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, including information about their structure, programs, and finances for fiscal year 2014.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Department of Criminal Justice.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Process for Evaluating Overweight Truck Corridors Serving Coastal Port Regions and Border Ports of Entry (open access)

Process for Evaluating Overweight Truck Corridors Serving Coastal Port Regions and Border Ports of Entry

Report on the process for evaluating overweight truck corridors serving coastal port regions and Texas-Mexico border ports of entry.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Sassine, Chris; Arce, Oscar Galvis; Murphy, Mike; Wu, Hui; Loftus-Otway, Lisa; Zhang, Zhanmin et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Approved Foods Shopping Guide (open access)

Texas Approved Foods Shopping Guide

Pamphlet covering baby formulas and how they relate to breastfeeding. Also in Spanish.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: Texas. Bureau of WIC Nutrition.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Partial Depth Precast Concrete Deck Panels on Curved Bridges: Finite Element Analytical Model of PCPs (open access)

Partial Depth Precast Concrete Deck Panels on Curved Bridges: Finite Element Analytical Model of PCPs

Report on partial depth precast concrete deck panels on curved bridges.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Roskos, Colter; Biju-Duval, Paul; McCammon, Victoria; Helwig, Todd; Bayrak, Oguzhan; Clayton, Patricia M. et al.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: October 30, 2015 (open access)

Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: October 30, 2015

Transcript of a public teleconference held by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) on October 30, 2015. This hearing includes opening remarks by Chairman Sanders and a discussion by the Commission on parts of the early draft of the CECANF final report.
Date: October 30, 2015
Creator: CQ Transcriptions
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0041 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0041

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: Discoverability under Brady v. Maryland and the Michael Morton Act of recordings of inmate telephone calls to which the criminal district attorney's office has access without a warrant (RQ-0025-KP).
Date: October 19, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
The Conceptual Mismatch: Transportation Stressors and Experiences for Low Income Adults (open access)

The Conceptual Mismatch: Transportation Stressors and Experiences for Low Income Adults

"This study examines the role of transportation in the lives of low-income adults in two medium-sized metropolitan areas and how their actual, lived transportation experiences function as stressors with potentially compounding impacts" (p. i).
Date: October 2015
Creator: Lowe, Kate; Mosby, Kim & Tolford, Tara
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Status Review Report: Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) (open access)

Status Review Report: Humphead Wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus)

Report documents the status review conducted in response to a petition to list the humphead wrasse (Cheilinus undulatus) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA).
Date: October 2015
Creator: Graham, Krista S.; Boggs, Christofer H.; DeMartini, Edward E.; Schroeder, Robert E. & Trianni, Michael S.
Object Type: Report
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Comission Fourth Quarter Performance Measure (open access)

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Comission Fourth Quarter Performance Measure

Report measuring the performance of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, including tables, quarterly efficiency metrics, target data, and more.
Date: October 1, 2015
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission County Judge's Guide 2015 (open access)

Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission County Judge's Guide 2015

"This guide is for informational purposes [...] designed to attempt to explain the most commonly requested information and to explain the regulatory provisions of the [Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code] and procedural rules that apply to the County Judge" (p. 1).
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
LiDAR Acquisition and Flow Assessment for the Middle Trinity River (open access)

LiDAR Acquisition and Flow Assessment for the Middle Trinity River

Report on Lidar acquisition and use in water flow assessments for the Middle Trinity River
Date: October 15, 2015
Creator: Mangham, Webster; Osting, Tim & Flores, David
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Resumen Ejecutivo de Hempstead Independent School District (ISD), October 2015 (open access)

Resumen Ejecutivo de Hempstead Independent School District (ISD), October 2015

Spanish language version of the executive summary of a report describing the performance of Hempstead Independent School District (ISD) including a general description of the district, education achievement statistics, special programs of the school, finances, curriculum, and recommendations for improvement.
Date: October 2015
Creator: Texas. Legislative Budget Board.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History