AUSTIN – The application process for the 2019 Don’t mess with Texas Scholarship contest is now open. Any Texas high school senior currently attending public, private or home school, and planning to attend an accredited Texas college or university in the coming year, is eligible to apply. The 2019 Don’t mess with Texas Scholarship contest… Read more »

AUSTIN – Dean Defendorf of Boerne, Texas, has been selected as the grand prize winner in the 2019 “Don’t mess with Texas” scholarship contest. Dean was awarded a $8,000 college scholarship which he will apply toward his studies in aerospace engineering at Texas A&M University. The “Don’t mess with Texas” scholarship contest is presented annually… Read more »

AUSTIN – Camryn Bigelow of Dallas has been selected as a winner in the 2019 “Don’t mess with Texas” scholarship contest. Camryn was awarded a $2,000 college scholarship which he will apply toward his studies in marine biology at Texas A&M University at Galveston. The “Don’t mess with Texas” scholarship contest is presented annually in… Read more »

AUSTIN – Brianna Nealy of Pearland, Texas, has been selected as a winner in the 2019 “Don’t mess with Texas” scholarship contest. Brianna was awarded a $6,000 college scholarship which she will apply toward her studies in engineering at The University of Texas at Austin. The “Don’t mess with Texas” scholarship contest is presented annually… Read more »

January 22, 2018 Applications will be accepted through April 20, 2018 AUSTIN – Applications for the 2018 Don’t mess with Texas Scholarship contest are now being accepted. Any Texas high school senior currently attending public, private or home school and planning to attend an accredited Texas college or university in the coming year is eligible… Read more »

July 24, 2017 Contest rewards high school seniors for creative litter prevention efforts AUSTIN –Congratulations to three high school seniors who have been selected as the winners in the 2017 Don’t mess with Texas Scholarship contest. Jaideep Patil of Plano West Senior High School in Plano, Texas was chosen as the contest’s grand prize winner… Read more »

NOVEMBER 17, 2016 AS TEXAS POPULATION BOOMS, COLLECTIBLE COINS HELP OFFSET COSTS OF STATEWIDE LITTER PICKUP AUSTIN — It’s rare that a phrase is literally coined, but such is the case with “Don’t mess with Texas.” Now in its 30th year, the Texas Department of Transportation’s world-famous, anti-littering slogan is now available as a commemorative coin that… Read more »

MAY 19, 2016 HIGH SCHOOL SENIORS RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR WORK PROMOTING LITTER-FREE COMMUNITIES AUSTIN — As the Don’t mess with Texas® litter prevention campaign celebrates 30 years of keeping Texas roadways litter-free, three Texas high school students are being honored by Keep Texas Beautiful and the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) for their litter-prevention efforts with 2016… Read more »

APRIL 09, 2016 CLEANUP PARTICIPANTS CAN WIN PRIZES FOR HELPING KEEP STATE LITTER-FREE [Tyler] – To celebrate its 30th anniversary, the Texas Department of Transportation’s (TxDOT) Don’t mess with Texas campaign will host a Trash & Treasure Hunt cleanup event on April 9 at 9:00 a.m. Special prizes will be awarded to cleanup participants who find… Read more »

APRIL 06, 2016 SATURDAY’S ANNUAL TRASH-OFF EVENT RECRUITS BOY SCOUTS, VOLUNTEERS TO KEEP TEXAS CLEAN [AUSTIN] – Thirty years after the Texas Department of Transportation launched its “Don’t mess with Texas” anti-litter campaign the spirited call-to-action is still going strong. “‘Don’t mess with Texas’ is more than an iconic slogan, it’s an appeal to our Texas… Read more »