AmericanTowns is a virtual "town square", connecting you to all the events and news happening in Spicewood Texas. Whether it's town issues and community activism, or school calendars and sports schedules, AmericanTowns delivers the information faster and helps you use it better. en-us 30 https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/spicewood-tx 144 69 https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/spicewood-tx https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/images/atn_rss_logo.gif Sat, 13 Dec 2025 10:48:02 -0600 Restricts Purchases of Sweetened Drinks, Candy, Beginning April 1, 2026 Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-announces-federal-approval-of-snap-healthy-foods-waiver-31761308-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-announces-federal-approval-of-snap-healthy-foods-waiver-31761308-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today congratulated the City of Eden on being designated as a Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community by Travel Texas after https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-congratulates-eden-as-tourism-friendly-texas-certified-community-31761309-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-congratulates-eden-as-tourism-friendly-texas-certified-community-31761309-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today filed an emergency petition in the Supreme Court of Texas seeking to remove from office Texas State https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-files-lawsuit-seeking-removal-of-texas-democrat-caucus-chair-representative-wu-31761310-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-files-lawsuit-seeking-removal-of-texas-democrat-caucus-chair-representative-wu-31761310-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today announced the second Texas Energy Fund (TEF) loan agreement will fund a 456 megawatt (MW) natural gas power plant in https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-announces-texas-energy-fund-loan-to-456-mw-natural-gas-facility-in-houston-31761305-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-announces-texas-energy-fund-loan-to-456-mw-natural-gas-facility-in-houston-31761305-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today ordered the Texas Rangers to investigate delinquent Texas House Democrats on potential violations of Texas law, including https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-directs-texas-rangers-to-investigate-delinquent-texas-house-democrats-31761307-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-directs-texas-rangers-to-investigate-delinquent-texas-house-democrats-31761307-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today ordered the arrest of delinquent Texas House Democrats.   “Texas House Democrats abandoned their duty to https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-orders-texas-department-of-public-safety-to-arrest-delinquent-house-democrats-31761306-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-orders-texas-department-of-public-safety-to-arrest-delinquent-house-democrats-31761306-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 On August 2, 2025, Governor Greg Abbott ceremonially signed Senate Bill 1814, Senate Bill 1818, and House Bill 114 to make the lives of our https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-signs-vital-proveteran-laws-in-houston-31761303-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-signs-vital-proveteran-laws-in-houston-31761303-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today released the following statement outlining the legal consequences that House Democrat members face for breaking https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-statement-on-house-democratic-quorum-break-31761304-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-statement-on-house-democratic-quorum-break-31761304-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to activate additional state emergency response resources ahead https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-activates-additional-state-emergency-response-resources-ahead-of-severe-weather-across-the-state-31761302-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-activates-additional-state-emergency-response-resources-ahead-of-severe-weather-across-the-state-31761302-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today ceremonially signed Senate Bill 2420 and House Bill 1481 into law to create phone-free learning https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-signs-child-online-safety-phonefree-classroom-laws-in-amarillo-31761301-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-signs-child-online-safety-phonefree-classroom-laws-in-amarillo-31761301-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today announced the next 2025 Governor’s Small Business Summit will be held in Pharr on Thursday, August 7. Held throughout https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-announces-governors-small-business-summit-in-pharr-31761298-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-announces-governors-small-business-summit-in-pharr-31761298-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today announced 10 additional Texas counties have been added to President Donald J. Trump’s Major Disaster Declaration https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-announces-10-counties-added-to-federal-disaster-declaration-for-texas-flooding-31761299-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-announces-10-counties-added-to-federal-disaster-declaration-for-texas-flooding-31761299-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to activate state emergency response resources ahead of https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-activates-state-emergency-response-resources-ahead-of-panhandle-flood-threat-31761300-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-activates-state-emergency-response-resources-ahead-of-panhandle-flood-threat-31761300-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today congratulated the City of Hallettsville on being designated as a Tourism Friendly Texas Certified Community by Travel Texas https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-congratulates-hallettsville-as-tourism-friendly-texas-certified-community-31761296-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-congratulates-hallettsville-as-tourism-friendly-texas-certified-community-31761296-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600 Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is beginning construction of the new Lubbock https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-announces-construction-of-lubbock-psychiatric-center-31761297-austin-tx.html https://www.devel1.americantowns.com/news/governor-abbott-announces-construction-of-lubbock-psychiatric-center-31761297-austin-tx.html Government and Politics Sat, 13 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0600