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The Katy News: Commissioner Bush Visits Texas State Technical College
ROSENBURG, TX – Yesterday, June 26, Texas Land Commissioner George P.Bush toured Texas State Technical College Fort Bend Campus. The tour included highlights from various program areas where the college trains students to perform skills needed for employment in today’s high tech global economy. Throughout the tour Commissioner Bush saw first hand the skills needed to become a lineman, work […]
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Texarkana Gazette: Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush tours Texarkana College
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush on Monday got an up-close look at Texarkana College as part of his year-long focus on education. Bush toured portions of the TC campus and met administrators, instructors, and current and former students during one of 30 visits he is making to schools across Texas. Click here to read […]
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Galveston Daily News: Contract awarded, Babe’s Beach work to begin in August
The park board is partnering with the corps and the Texas General Land Office to complete the project, as it has done three other times for beach-building projects since 2015. The project will potentially put more sand on Babe’s Beach than what was used to build it in 2015. That year, 640,000 cubic yards of […]
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The Rockport Pilot: Letters to editor: 6-15-19
I have been going to the General Land Office (GLO) office for the last couple of months and would like to commend their professionalism and customer service for their Homeowner Reimbursement Program. They always have a friendly hand to encourage you to complete your application. Rosa Gaddie has in particular been terrific help for anything […]
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The Rockport Pilot: $6.5 million given to rebuild 2 large rental complexes
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has announced the awarding of $6.5 million in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds to help replace damaged and destroyed apartment complexes in Rockport. Click here to read more.
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Houston Chronicle: At last, Congress directs Trump administration to release billions in Harvey relief [Editorial]
When Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush began raising hell with theadministration over the delays early this year, folks at Housing and Urban Development, which administers the funds, and the Office of Management of Budget, which approves all new rules, seemed anything but fazed. At that time, aides to both Sen. Ted Cruz and Sen. […]
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Globe News Wire: George P. Bush Tells Premier High School Grads to Stay Committed
Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush delivered a rousing commencement speech to the high school graduates from Premier High School – Austin South and Premier High School – American YouthWorks. Both campuses joined for a dual-graduation ceremony in the Lady Bird Johnson Auditorium at the LBJ Library and Museum on June 2 at 1:30 p.m. […]
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The Monitor: Dearly departed: Veterans, families come together for Memorial Day observation
The Rio Grande Valley State Veterans Cemetery and VFW Rio Grande Valley Memorial Post 8788, an organization made up of veterans from foreign wars, hosted a Memorial Day Ceremony to honor veterans who have died in service to the Armed Forces. The Texas General Land Office, a state agency that serves veterans in addition to […]
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Stars and Stripes: States and volunteers help give veterans their final honors
Land Commissioner George P. Bush initiated the burial program when he took office in 2015 and credits the large military communities scattered throughout Texas for much of its success. The son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, he is Texas’ only statewide elected official who is a veteran. “The precision and detail in a full […]
