"Commissioner issues Pasture Mealybug alert to producers" by: Jessica Shepard

   Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller issued an urgent alert to producers across the state to inspect their pastures for a newly detected and highly damaging pest - the pasture mealybug (Helicococcus summervillei) last week.

City, ISD, County positions are open

    Matagorda County election season has begun with candidates filing for school, city council, county and precinct positions.   Other municipal and school district races open for filings starting on Wednesday, Jan. 14.  Bay City city council positions 1 and 2 are up for election.

"Council hears results from animal task force survey" by: Jessica Shepard

   Council heard results from the “Animal Task Force” online survey during a workshop last week.

"December sales tax rebates: BC down 9%, Palacios up 11%" by: Mike Reddell

   December 2025, the Texas Comptroller distributed approximately $1.2 billion in local sales tax revenue, a 7.5% increase from December 2024.  December sales tax allocations are based on October 2025 sales.  Bay City December sales tax rebates totaled $634,749, which was down 9.

Miller meets with Latin American delegates on screwworm threat

   Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) hosted agricultural and epidemiological leaders from across Latin America for collaborative meetings to tackle the threat of the New World screwworm last week.

"Youth Leadership Class gets closeup of government " by: Mike Reddell

   Commissioners Court convened at the Civic Center Monday morning to give members of the Matagorda County Youth Leadership 2026 a close up view of county decisions.

"Main Street board gets event updates, state training" by: Jessica Shepard

   Main Street Manager Tina Israel reminded her board about upcoming events at their meeting last week.  Board members Henry Perez, Carol Ann Huitt, Matthew Morales and Karen Stephens were the only ones present out of the nine-person board.

"Kharrl sees STP as resource for people" by: Mike Reddell

   STP Media Day Dec. 2 featured remarks from Chuck Kharrl the President, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and Chief Nuclear Officer (CNO) of STP Nuclear Operating Company.  Kharrl said he sees STP as a “resource for people.