Gov. Greg Abbott just before the midnight deadline Sunday vetoed a bill on THC products and said he would call a special legislative session to regulate items containing the substance, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Recently I was gifted with the first page,frontandback,fromtheMarch 1,1912,Meteor! Themasthead(top, name of newspaper) was in Gothic Old English font! It is from the newspaper’s eighteenth year, when a subscription cost $1 a year.

Gov. Greg Abbott says he got everything he pushed for during the Legislature’s 89th session, which ended June 2.

Texas legislators wrapped up the 89th session last week, passing more than 1,200 bills — 800 of which were sent to Gov. Greg Abbott in the last 10 days of the session, The Dallas Morning News reported.

CAPITAL HIGHLIGHTS The dust hasn’t quite settled on the 2025 legislative session, but here’s a sampling of bills already sent to Gov. Greg Abbott.

MUSEUM MUSINGS Jesse Mize Jr. (1818-1896) was born in Tennessee.

I attended the funeral of Charles “Cliff” Clifton on May 17. Cliff was my friend.

With the legislative session ending on 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.

Madison County was formed in 1853 from parts of Walker, Grimes, and Leon Counties. Dr. P.W. Kittrell had been represented those first three counties in the State Legislature and chose the name Madison for after our country’s fourth president.