It’s All About Kids donates money to elementary libraries

Karen Lang and Jaime Kvanvig presented a check for $500 to St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School’s elemen- tary library to help purchase books. Photo submit.

Texas Comptroller reports state sales tax revenue totaled $4.6 billion in August

(AUSTIN) — Texas Comptroller Don Huffines said state sales tax revenue totaled $4.62 billion in August, 7.1% more than in August 2025. The majority of August sales tax revenue is based on sales made in July and remitted to the agency in August.

Pecan production, prices up in Texas as disease, dry weather loom

By Karn Dhingra
Texas AgriLife

Texas pecan growers are looking at an above-average crop and are hoping price improvement will follow.

Expectations are that Texas’ 2026 pecan season will produce modestly larger yields than last year, but that disease, extreme dry and hot weather in August could negatively impact nut kernel fill, said Monte Nesbitt, Ph.D., Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service pecan specialist and associate professor in the Texas A&M Department of Horticultural Sciences, Bryan-College Station.