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Early Thursday morning, the House narrowly passed the GOP’s budget reconciliation bill with a vote of 215 to 214. The bill included some last-minute revisions that would cut federal benefi ts and civil service protections. Only four of the six provisions placed in the bill from the House Oversight Government Reform Committee remained in the House-passed version.

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With the legislative session ending on Monday, June 2, lawmakers are scrambling to pass or kill bills, the Austin American- Statesman reported. Among the bills passed or likely to soon pass: • All handgun licenses issued in other states will be honored in Texas if, as expected, Gov.

The General Federation of Women’s Clubs (GFWC), Texas Western District, held its spring convention on March 29 in the AEP meeting room of the Alpine Public Library. Attendees from the 20th Century Study Club of Midland, the Tau Lambda Study Club of Monahans, the Culture Club of Sanderson, and the Woman’s Club ofAlpine were in attendance.

The Texas Historical Commission’s Heritage Tourism Program announced that the Museum of the Big Bend at Sul Ross State University has been selected to host the Smithsonian Institution’s Museum on Main Street traveling exhibit in Summer 2026. Selections are made through a rigorous application process. MOBB partnered with the City of Alpine and Texas Mountain Trail to outline project goals, developments, recent exhibits and innovations, historical connections, and how the exhibit will be promoted in the region.

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The Alpine City Council held its regular meeting on Tuesday. All council members were present, and Alpine Mayor Catherine Eaves led the meeting.

One of Texas Parks and Wildlife’s (TPWD) most prized successes is in jeopardy. The Desert Bighorn restoration project, which aims to establish breeding populations of the native sheep back in Texas, has seen a significant decline in animal numbers since 2021.

Sul Ross State University has been nationally recognized with two new Carnegie designations. SRSU has earned both Research College and University (RCU) and Opportunity College and University (OCU) and is the smallest university in the United States to do so.