. Two historically important routes cross the Big Thicket: to the north lies the old cattle route or Beef Trail that ran from Tyler County to Louisiana; to the south is the Spanish Trail or the Atascosito Road that parallels modern Highway 90 and Interstate 10 from Liberty to Orange, Religion Other Christian 1, Flags of the six nations that have had sovereignty over some or all of the current territory of Texas. The judiciary of Texas is one of the most complex in the United States with many layers and overlapping jurisdictions Texas has two courts of last resort: the Texas Supreme Court for civil cases and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals Except for some municipal benches partisan elections select judges at all levels of the judiciary; the governor fills vacancies by appointment. Texas is notable for its use of capital punishment having led the country in executions since capital punishment was reinstated in the Gregg v Georgia case (see Capital punishment in Texas). Earl Campbell the "Tyler Rose" played football for John Tyler High in Tyler before playing for the Texas Longhorns and the Houston Oilers Don Meredith who famously played for the Dallas Cowboys played at Mt Vernon Dez Bryant a football player from Lufkin formerly played wide receiver for the Dallas Cowboys before signing with the New Orleans Saints (then getting injured three days afterwards) Adrian Peterson a star running back for the Minnesota Vikings played high-school football in Palestine Other high-school sports are popular in East Texas including basketball baseball volleyball softball and track. Spanish Empire Harris County ESD #12 Fire Cloverleaf Fire Department .5% .03; .
. Native Americans and early Europeans Petty bickering between Smith and the Council members increased dramatically and on January 9 1836 Smith threatened to dismiss the Council unless they agreed to revoke their approval of the Matamoros Expedition. Two days later the Council voted to impeach Smith and named James W Robinson the Acting Governor it was unclear whether either side actually had the authority to dismiss the other by this point Texas was essentially in anarchy. ; Houston Texas Business Directory League City (mostly in Galveston County). . Disease in the Americas 12.2 JFK assassination, Houston Texas Business Directory, 1990 2,818,199 17.0% Texas has a plural executive branch system limiting the power of the governor which is a weak executive compared to some other states Except for the Secretary of State voters elect executive officers independently; thus candidates are directly answerable to the public not the governor. This election system has led to some executive branches split between parties and reduced the ability of the governor to carry out a program When Republican President George W Bush served as Texas's governor the state had a Democratic lieutenant governor Bob Bullock the executive branch positions consist of the Governor Lieutenant Governor Comptroller of Public Accounts Land Commissioner Attorney General Agriculture Commissioner the three-member Texas Railroad Commission the State Board of Education and the Secretary of State! (22.7) 63.4 1900 44,633 62.0% Texas has the seventh highest birth rate in the United States with nearly 400,000 babies born each year. Over half of all Texas births are paid by Medicaid totaling over $2.2 billion per year in birth and delivery-related services for mothers and infants. Studies have found that infant mortality is usually caused by birth defects pre-term birth low birth weight Sudden Infant Death Syndrome and pregnancy complications the average amount spent in the first year of life for a preterm birth with major complications (excluding extreme prematurity) is $19,059 and $4,019 for a preterm birth without major complications compared to $410 for an uncomplicated term birth. .
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