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August 5, 2021: Governor Abbott announced he will convene a second special legislative session on August 7. [4] August 6, 2021: Legislature adjourns 1st special session. August 7, 2021: 87th Legislature 2nd Called Session convened at 12:00 p.m. . The House continues to lack quorum, as several Democrats are still in Washington, D.C.. August 19 ...
1963 – The All-Ohio State Fair Youth Choir was established. It was directed by Glenville Thomas of Zanesville. Entrance to the Ohio State Fair. 1966 – At the 11th Avenue gate, the new OHIO entrance was built at a cost of $40,000. 1968 – The first Sale of Champions livestock auction was held with sales amounting to $22,674. The Bee Gees ...
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The 88th Texas Legislature was a meeting of the legislative branch of the U.S. state of Texas, composed of the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives.The Texas State Legislature met in its regular session in Austin, Texas, from January 10, 2023 to May 29, 2023, [1] followed by four consecutive special sessions.
Eddie Bernice Johnson, first Black woman ever elected to public office from Dallas, first woman in Texas history to lead a major Texas House committee (the Labor Committee), and the first registered nurse elected to Congress. Julie Johnson, U.S. Representative (2025-present) Samuel Ealy Johnson, Jr., father of President Lyndon B. Johnson (1963 ...
March 11 –, Texas state Rep. Bryan Slaton introduced a bill that would abolish abortion and make it a criminal act, whereby women and physicians who received and performed abortions, respectively, could receive the death penalty. [4] October 6 – United States federal judge Robert L. Pitman issues an order to block the Texas Heartbeat Act. [5]
The Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo is the largest livestock exhibition and rodeo in the world. It includes one of the richest regular-season professional rodeo events. It has been held at NRG Stadium in Houston, Texas, since 2003, with the exception of 2021 due to the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was previously held in the Astrodome. [2]
The fair was canceled in 1861 and 1862 due to the American Civil War, [2] in 1917-18 and 1942-44 due to World Wars; in 2018 due to rain and flash flooding, 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, [3] besides 2021-22 until Fall 2023 for multiple reasons, " ... limited availability of vendors, volunteers, and public sanitation and safety equipment ...