MEDIA ADVISORY: Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Texans to Attend Memorial Day Ceremonies At Texas State Veterans Cemeteries
Today, Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is encouraging all Texans to honor our military heroes who have sacrificed everything in the name of freedom this Memorial Day at one of our Texas State Veterans Cemeteries. Read More
Land Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Texans to Visit Texas State Veterans Cemeteries to View Headstone Illuminations During Memorial Day Weekend
Today, Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that, in honor of Memorial Day, the headstones of servicemembers Killed or Missing in Action will be illuminated at the VLB's four Texas State Veterans Cemeteries in Killeen, Abilene, Mission and Corpus Christi, Texas. Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY: Land Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Texans to Attend a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery
AUSTIN— Today, Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is encouraging Texans to honor our military heroes during a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen. Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY: Land Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Texans to Attend a Memorial Day Ceremony at Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery
Today, Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is encouraging all Texans to honor our military heroes during a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Coastal Bend State Veterans Cemetery in Corpus Christi. Read More
MEDIA ADVISORY: Land Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Texans to Attend a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene
Today, Texas Land Commissioner and Veterans Land Board (VLB) Chairwoman Dawn Buckingham, M.D., is encouraging all Texans to honor our military heroes during a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery at Abilene. Read More
Commissioner Buckingham Encourages Texans to Utilize the Texas Beach Watch Program During 2025 Beach Season
Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., encourages Texans to utilize the General Land Office’s (GLO) Texas Beach Watch website during the 2025 Beach Season. As Texas residents and people from across the country plan their visits to the Texas coast for summer vacation, the GLO’s Beach Watch program continues to provide weekly updates on beach water quality. Read More
Commissioner Dawn Buckingham Announces $45 Million in Newly Approved Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP) Projects
Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced the Texas General Land Office (GLO) approved $45,164,822 in Disaster Recovery Reallocation Program (DRRP) funds for affordable multifamily housing projects in Cameron, Galveston, Harris, Hidalgo and Jefferson counties as well as street improvements in Liberty County. DRRP is designed to utilize de-obligated and unutilized Community Development Block Grant for Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds in communities with outstanding unmet needs. Read More
Commissioner Buckingham Celebrates Significant Construction Milestone of Texas Cavaliers Alamo Education Center
Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., gathered with local officials this week to celebrate the Topping Out Ceremony for the Texas Cavaliers Education Center, a state-of-the-art facility that promises every Texas schoolchild, no matter where they come from, will have a place to interact personally with the story of Texas. Read More
Texas GLO Posts 2024 Disasters Action Plan for Public Comment, Announces Virtual Public Hearings
Today the Texas General Land Office (GLO) posted the State of Texas 2024 Disasters Action Plan for $555,687,000 in Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funds for public comment. These funds were allocated to Texas by the U.S. Read More
Land Commissioner Buckingham Announces “Alamo Defenders Heritage Map of Texas” Available for Pre-Order
Today, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced her new Commissioner's Map: Alamo Defenders Heritage Map of Texas is available for pre-order. Commissioner Buckingham was honored to commission this map, which reveres the brave Alamo Defenders who sacrificed their lives for freedom. Read More