Texas

Texas for Visitors from About.com - True Texan Ronnie Hilliard is your guide to all things Texan at this comprehensive site. Among its features: city travel planners, statewide festival and events listings, maps and information on airports and highways.

Travel Texas - You may have seen the official Texas Tourism commercials: "It's like a whole other country!" You'll find out why here with info on lodging, attractions, driving tours and events around the state. Order an official state visitors guide or download coupons.

TourTexas.com - TourTexas.com is the official Web site of the Texas Travel Industry Association. It comes with the usual travel destination information and trip-planning tools, but you can also order free brochures from cities and attractions around Texas.

Texas Vacation Information from tripadvisor.com - The Texas section on tripadvisor.com provides an airfare search, deals on hotels, guidebooks, magazine articles and subsections on the most popular tourist destinations. Also, you can browse visitor comments about their trips to Texas.

About.com Guide to Austin - Austin Guide Jacci Howard Bear's comprehensive site is highlighted by info-packed sections on Visiting Austin, Moving to Austin and Living in Austin.

About.com Guide to Dallas - Dallas Guide Debi Jenkins offers info on job hunting in Dallas, the home market, events, top restaurants and tons more.

About.com Guide to Houston - Houston Guide Aussie Meyer covers education, employment, entertainment and everything else about Houston.

MySanAntonio.com - A joint effort from San Antonio's newspaper and one of its television stations, MySanAntonio.com is heavy on news but does include job and home searches, events calendar and community information.

Texas Cities from TexasOnline.com - The State of Texas' Web site offers an alphabetical list of links to Texas cities, from the tiniest to the largest and every city in-between.

TexasLotto.com - Updated Lotto Texas, Texas Two Step and Cash 5 results, along with how-to's, odds, and a search for past numbers.

Scratch Off Games from the Texas Lottery Commission - The official site of the Texas Lottery Commission offers all the numbers, of course, but this link takes you to the Scratch Offs page. There you'll find info on the dozens of scratch off games, including winning tickets and how-to-play info.

Texas Lottery Streaming Webcasts - From the Texas Lottery Commission come streaming Webcasts of the Lotto drawings every Wednesday and Saturday nights at 10:12 p.m. CST. Uses QuickTime, RealPlayer, Windows Media Player or Winamp.

Texas Workforce Commission - Job Seekers and Employers - The Job Seekers and Employers section of the Texas Workforce Commission's Web site allows job seekers to search job listings but also provides information on unemployment claims and other employment issues.

Hire Texas for Job Seekers - Hire Texas, from the Texas Workforce Commission, allows job seekers to fill out online job applications. The applications can then be used in online job searching or found by employers seeking qualified applicants.

Texas' Job Bank - With Texas' Job Bank, from the State of Texas, job seekers can search by job category, job title or keyword, or by city or ZIP code. Employers can post jobs or search resumes.

Governor's Job Bank - Interested in a government job in Texas? The Governor's Job Bank provides a State of Texas employment application, a search of government jobs, and links to the job listings at dozens and dozens of Texas state agencies, departments, boards and universities.

Texas Jobs on HotJobs.com - Search for jobs in Texas on HotJobs.com by choosing a job category, city or keyword (you can also view statewide listings). HotJobs.com is heavy on tech and temp jobs, among other categories.

Texas Online - State of Texas Web Site - If you need information about government agencies, offices or services of the State of Texas - or general information about Texas - the State Web site is a great place to start.

Texas Legislature Online - Learn more about Texas government by visiting the Texas House of Representatives or Texas Senate. Get contact info for your representatives or search for legislation. Research the Texas Constitution or Texas statutes.

Find Your Texas Representatives - Not sure who represents your district in the Texas House? Or who your Texas senator is? Or who represents you in the U.S. House? Plug in a ZIP code and find out. Or browse through demographic information about your district.

Texas Cities - Official Web Sites - More than 400 links to the official Web sites of cities all around Texas.

Texas Counties - Official Web Sites - More than 100 links to the official Web sites of counties all around Texas. If the county has a Web site, it's listed here

Lone Star Junction - They call themselves "a Texas history resource" and they aren't kidding. Tons of great stuff for the history buff, focusing on early Texas history. With people, places, documents and events, plus extensive geneological information - including on more than 10,000 Texians!

The Handbook of Texas Online - From the Texas State Historical Association, this is an "encyclopedia of Texas history, geography and culture." Search by keyword or browse by title or subject. Especially strong in the histories of small Texas towns all around the state.

About Texas from the Texas State Library - Geography, government, history, parks, population, education, flags and symbols - you'll find just about every fact or figure relating to Texas you could ask for here.

Texas Historic Sites Atlas - There are thousands of markers around Texas commemorating historic sites. The Texas Historic Sites Atlas allows you to search for locations by county, keyword or site name.

Texas Beyond History - Created by the Texas Archeological Research Laboratory at The University of Texas at Austin, Texas Beyond History explores the cultural heritage of Texas through articles on archeological sites and historical research.