For the Texas House and Senate, there is not much daylight between each chamber’s priorities in this year’s legislative session. Leaders say the focus will be on property tax relief, border security and employee raises.

In 1831 while Texas was still under Mexican control, Texas was organized into three departments, called Bexar, Brazos, and Nacogdoches. The northern portion of what was Moses Austin’s colony and along the Brazos and Colorado Rivers was located in the Brazos department. A petition was submitted to organize it into a municipality at Washington-on-the-Brazos.