Texas passes on $450 million summer lunch program for low-income families
The USDA estimates the families of 3.8 million children could have received $120 per child to cover summer lunches if the state participated in the new $2.5 billion program launching this summer. Texas is one of 15 states opting out.
Agriculture Commissioner Sid Millerโs challengers take aim at his ethics, relationship to indicted political aide
Millerโs top challenger is state Rep. James White, a Hillister rancher, who is running a hard-charging campaign calling out the incumbent for creating a scandal-prone culture at the commission.
Black Texas farmers were finally on track to get federal aid. The stateโs agriculture commissioner wants to stop that.
Sid Miller is challenging a debt relief program that the U.S. Department of Agriculture saw as a way to correct historic discrimination. An advocate for Black Texas farmers says the challenge โpushes us back even further.โ
Agriculture Commissioner Sid Millerโs political consultant indicted on charges of theft, bribery in hemp license scheme
Attorneys for Smith said he has not broken any laws. Miller, who is seeking reelection and facing a competitive primary, said Tuesday evening he's "not ready to throw [Smith] under the bus" and believes the indictment was politically motivated.
Destruction of murder hornets nest doesn't end threat
When scientists destroyed the first nest of so-called murder hornets found in the U.S. recently, they discovered about 500 live specimens inside in various stages of development. The first murder hornets nest โ found in a tree and destroyed in late October in Whatcom County along the Canadian border โ was about the size of a basketball. It was located after state scientists trapped several hornets and attached radio trackers to some of them using dental floss. โ76 queens, nearly all of them new virgin queens. Murder hornets also have been found in British Columbia, Canada.