Main Street Matters, December 2015 (open access)

Main Street Matters, December 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: December 2015
Creator: Texas Historical Commission
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Education Today, Volume 31, Number 2, December 2015 (open access)

Texas Education Today, Volume 31, Number 2, December 2015

Periodic newsletter issued by the Texas Education Agency providing updates about Texas State Board of Education meetings as well as agency news, announcements, and other information related to education.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Texas Education Agency
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Manuel Esquiva Un Lío Al Comprar Un Carro: Una Fotonovela de la Comisión Federal de Comercio (open access)

Manuel Esquiva Un Lío Al Comprar Un Carro: Una Fotonovela de la Comisión Federal de Comercio

"This fotonovela is part of the Federal Trade Commission's ongoing efforts to raise awareness about scams targeting the Latino community. The story offers information about avoiding a car-buying jam" (back cover).
Date: December 2015
Creator: United States. Federal Trade Commission.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The UNT Digital Library
TMB Bulletin, December 2015 (open access)

TMB Bulletin, December 2015

Newsletter of the Texas Medical Board describing news and events as well as updates about medical licenses, disciplinary actions, and other regulatory information.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Texas Medical Board
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Update, Volume 34, Number 9, December 2015 (open access)

Update, Volume 34, Number 9, December 2015

Newsletter of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas providing updated information about programs, benefits, and related topics.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
TRS News, December 2015 (open access)

TRS News, December 2015

Newsletter of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas providing updated information about programs, benefits, and related topics.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Repair Systems for Deteriorated Bridge Piles: Final Report (open access)

Repair Systems for Deteriorated Bridge Piles: Final Report

"The objective of this research project is to develop a durable repair system for deteriorated steel bridge piles that can be implemented without the need for dewatering" (p. i).
Date: December 2015
Creator: University of Houston
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Macrobenthos Monitoring In Mid-Coastal Estuaries (open access)

Macrobenthos Monitoring In Mid-Coastal Estuaries

Report detailing the importance of freshwater inflow in maintaining productivity and health in estuaries.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Montagna, Paul A.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: December 7-8 , 2015 (open access)

Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: December 7-8 , 2015

Transcript of a public hearing held by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) held December 7-8, 2015 in Herndon, Virginia. This hearing includes deliberation on recommendations to the Commission's final report to be delivered to the President and Congress.
Date: 2015-12-07/2015-12-08
Creator: CQ Transcriptions
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: December 3, 2015 (open access)

Transcript of Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities Hearing: December 3, 2015

Transcript of a public teleconference held by the Commission to Eliminate Child Abuse and Neglect Fatalities (CECANF) on December 3, 2015. This meeting includes recommendations by the American Indian/Alaska Native subcommittee and the Disproportionality subcommittee.
Date: December 3, 2015
Creator: CQ Transcriptions
Object Type: Text
System: The UNT Digital Library
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0044 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0044

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 section 142.056 of the Local Government Code limits the frequency of elections regarding the exclusive bargaining agent for municipal police (RQ-0029-KP).
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0052 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0052

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: Authority of a commissioners court, after adoption of the budget, to adopt a standing budget policy that automatically reduces the salary line item of an employee of an elected official upon the employee's departure from the position (RQ-0033-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0049 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0049

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: Questions regarding a notice prohibiting entry with a handgun onto certain premises under section 30.06 of the Penal Code and section 411.209 of the Government Code (RQ-0051-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0046 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0046

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: Authority of the Metropolitan Transit Authority of Harris County to participate in the Uptown Houston Transit Project otherwise known as the Post Oak Boulevard Dedicated Bus Lanes Project (RQ-0028-KP).
Date: December 14, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0054 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0054

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 the common-law doctrine of ~ incompatibility prohibits simultaneous service as a county sheriff and a member of the board of trustees of a school district (RQ-0036-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0047 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0047

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: The extent to which firearms may be excluded from buildings that contain courts, offices utilized by the courts, and other county officials (RQ-0040-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0053 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0053

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: Eligibility for forgiveness of a B-OnTime loan (RQ-0034-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0043 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0043

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: Authority of the State Board of Education to promulgate rules govelning the process used by school districts and charter schools in selecting instructional materials (RQ-0026-KP).
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0045 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0045

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 nepotism laws prohibit a county hospital from employing a county judge's spouse (RQ-0030-KP).
Date: December 4, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0051 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0051

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: Authority of an institution of higher education to establish certain rules regarding the carrying of handguns on campus (RQ-0076-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0050 (open access)

Texas Attorney General Opinion: KP-0050

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: Application of Penal Code sections 30.07 and 46.03, relating to the open carry of handguns, to school districts (RQ-0054-KP).
Date: December 21, 2015
Creator: Texas. Attorney-General's Office.
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
Developing a Methodology for Projecting Intercity Commuting (open access)

Developing a Methodology for Projecting Intercity Commuting

Research report on intercity commute and the usefulness of passenger rail options between major Texas cities.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Lewic, Carol Abel; Hassell, Vincent & Green, Veronica
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
A Synthesis Report of Purpose and Need: Assessment of Event Egress for Houston's Reliant Stadium (open access)

A Synthesis Report of Purpose and Need: Assessment of Event Egress for Houston's Reliant Stadium

Report on a study assessing the current state of egress for Houston's Reliant Stadium to reduce congestion after events.
Date: December 2015
Creator: University of Texas at Austin. Center for Transportation Research.
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History
Proposing Transportation Designs and Concepts to Make Houston's METRO Southeast Line and the Palm Center Area More Walkable, Bikeable, and Livable (open access)

Proposing Transportation Designs and Concepts to Make Houston's METRO Southeast Line and the Palm Center Area More Walkable, Bikeable, and Livable

Report on transit oriented development in the Palm Center Area in Houston.
Date: December 2015
Creator: Godazi, Khosro; Clark, Latissha & Hassell, Vincent
Object Type: Report
System: The Portal to Texas History