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KPD and Bell County Sheriff's Department join forces to fight human trafficking

By Colin Froment | Feb 29, 2020

Killeen Police Department (KPD) has been collaborating with the Bell County Sheriff’s Department as a new strategy to combat the human trafficking crimes happening around their community.

Texas Oil & Gas Association celebrates 100 years of production

By Colin Froment | Feb 19, 2020

AUSTIN – The Texas Oil & Gas Association is celebrating 100 years of advocacy for oil and natural gas producers in the state.

Texas politicians continue to fight for 'dead' Senate bill to end taxpayer-funded lobbying

By Colin Froment | Jan 29, 2020

Although sponsored legislation dedicated to ban taxpayer-funded lobbying continues to be postponed, state Sen. Bob Hall, R, Edgewood, and state Rep. Mayes Middleton, R, Wallisville, pledged to keep fighting for its support last Friday.

New advocacy leaders of Texas Municipal League announced

By Colin Froment | Jan 28, 2020

Jesse Ancira and Monty Wynn are the new leaders of the Texas Municipal League’s (TML) advocacy efforts as stated in a news release earlier this month.

Government use of public relations staff raises constitutional questions

By Colin Froment | Dec 23, 2019

The growing practice of having government public relations staff handle all press inquiries has raised questions of openness and constitutionality, a government watch group said in a recent release.