The Official Publication of the County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas
The motto of the U.S. Coast Guard is Semper Paratus, or Always Ready. On two separate occasions, a young Martin Nash and his fellow guardsmen were passengers on a seaplane tender bound for Vietnam to operate river gunboats. “We had a job to do,” recalled Nash, Tyler County Commissioner, “and we were going to do it.” The 255-foot long seaplane tender with four small … [Read More]
The USDA-Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Texas is taking applications through Nov. 15 for floodplain restorations through the Emergency Watershed … [Read More]
Nine Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Districts will offer in-service training for members of Commissioners Court during the months of November-December. The … [Read More]
Many of the statutes adopted by the 86th Legislature were effective on Sept. 1, 2019. Some require action by the Commissioners Court to assure compliance. Below are summaries and recommendations for … [Read More]
Because of the wide-ranging duties of the office of the county clerk, no legislative session ends without affecting the business processes of that office in one way or another; this is also true of … [Read More]
What is County Government? In the State of Texas, county government is a unit of state government often referred to as “an arm of the state.” However, county government also acts as a unit of local … [Read More]
