As children across Texas head back to school,, Comptroller Don Huffines announced earlier today that the Lone Star State has reached a major and significant milestone in the ongoing effort to provide billions in funding to students participating in the Texas Education Freedom Account (TEFA) Program. Huffines said over 101,600 Texas sssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssstudents had received funding. The new awards bring the number to , and that figure is expected to increase as additional awards are made.
State Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston), author of Senate Bill 1365 in 2021, which restored and strengthened the state's A-F public school accountability system, joins Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath today for the release of the 2026 A-F accountability ratings. Senator Bettencourt was also the Senate sponsor of House Bill 8, authored by Representative Brad Buckley (R-Salado), which prevented ISD “lawfare” blocking yearly A-F grade releases statewide. The TEA Statewide district and campus ratings will be released today at 12 p.m.
Mail-in and absentee ballots have expanded dramatically during Covid. Since then, some states have rolled back their use, but others are paying a steep price for not doing so. “Zombie” votes are ballots cast for candidates who drop out before Election Day. They’ve created a growing problem because more Americans who vote early or by mail are voting for a candidate who later drops out or is hit by a serious scandal.
Harmony Public Schools is celebrating strong student outcomes as a result of Friday’s release of the Texas Education Agency’s 2026 statewide accountability ratings, reaffirming the district’s commitment to academic excellence and continuous improvement across its PreK–12 campuses. Out of 65 schools across Texas, 32 earned an “A” rating, while 16 campuses earned a “B” rating.
It's worth poking around the entrails of the returns for the agonizingly close and, given the pre-primary polls, surprising results of recent Democrat primaries in the key swing Midwestern states of Michigan and Wisconsin, with a side look at Minnesota. In both Michigan's senatorial and Wisconsin's gubernatorial primaries, the results were so close that it's useful to express them in the usually supererogatory tenths of a percentage.
Governor Greg Abbott presented a proclamation celebrating the Texas icon to Buc-ee’s Founder & President Arch “Beaver” Aplin, participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony, and joined Buc-ee’s employees in their “Brisket on the Board” tradition, slicing and serving brisket to Buc-ee’s customers. Since 1982, Buc-ee’s has been a beacon of Texas hospitality for travelers across the state. With the opening of its 74,000-square-foot San Marcos location, Buc-ee’s now operates nearly 60 stores nationwide.
Check out Steve Moore’s WSJ piece today. He shows that by moving from the highest tax state - California and New York - with income tax rates as high as 14% - to a no-income tax state like Florida, Tennessee or Texas, a family with $5 million or more in income can increase annual take-home pay by 30%. Just by moving out, They get that higher after-tax bonus year after year until they retire.
Texas Comptroller Don Huffines said many cities and counties can reduce property taxes due to increased sales tax revenue as local governments will receive $1.4 billion in sales tax allocations for August, 13.6% more than in August 2025.These allocations are based on sales made in June by businesses that report tax monthly and on sales made in April, May and June by quarterly filers. The increased sales tax revenue distributed to local governments is a strong sign the Texas economy continues to grow.
The public charter campus, which serves students in grades 6–12, has established a strong track record of academic achievement and community recognition in Central Texas. Demonstrating its commitment to postsecondary readiness, the school achieved a 100% college acceptance rate for its graduating seniors, alongside an 83% college enrollment rate for 2026—significantly outperforming both the statewide average of 48% and the regional average of 46%.
From the East Coast to the West Coast, "tax the rich" is the battle cry of radical-left Democrats. They claim that by attacking the rich, including celebs like Swift, they're saving democracy. Don't be fooled. Their new forms of taxation — including wealth taxes, mansion taxes and pied-a-terre taxes — are fueled by jealousy and hatred for our free-market system, working people and everything American. You're their next target. You may not consider yourself "rich," but these new forms of taxation will eventually hit you if you live in a blue state.
A spreadsheet recovered from U.S. Intelligence Agency files and made public Wednesday by the White House Government Transparency Task Force shows that weaponized Spy Agencies and the FBI created a list of over six dozen organizations, and Americans and-or foreigners to target as they embarked on a secret operation to tamp down the Biden-Ukrainian Corruption Scandal as it was engulfing the Biden Family and the Obama Administration during the 2020 Election. The spreadsheet was neatly divided along political lines – with Democrats shown as victimized “targets” of Russian disinformation, and conservatives listed as “conduits” of the disinformation.
Governor Greg Abbott today announced Bristol Myers Squibb (NYSE: BMY) will establish a new pharmaceutical manufacturing campus in Houston, with a capital investment of approximately $2.3 billion that will create nearly 500 new jobs. A Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant of $4.89 million has been extended to Bristol Myers Squibb. The expansion is also a qualified project under the Texas Jobs, Energy, Technology, and Innovation (JETI) program.
U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Federal Courts, Oversight, Agency Action, and Federal Rights, and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) introduced the Right to Worship Act. This legislation protects Americans' First Amendment right to the free exercise of religion by establishing a 100-foot protection zone that prohibits conduct disrupting scheduled religious services or impeding attendance.
While every American is familiar with the fireworks & BBQs of the 4th of July, many people are unaware of the day in July dedicated to recognizing the service and sacrifices of Korean War Veterans: National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day on July 27th. This remembrance marks the anniversary of the 1953 Armistice Agreement signed by the United States, North Korea, and the People’s Republic of China, which ended the short but violent conflict.
Reentering the workforce presents significant challenges for formerly incarcerated individuals. At the same time, Texas employers face persistent labor shortages due to the state’s tremendous economic growth. Hosted by the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC), the Growth through Reentry to Advance Careers & Employment (GRACE) Conference is your opportunity to learn how second-chance hiring can strengthen your workforce while providing a fresh start for formerly incarcerated individuals. (Details in article.)
New inventions and technologies, from the lightbulb to the farm tractor to the automobile to the laptop computer to Uber drivers, cause serious job market disruptions. They also cause a backlash, as horse and buggy operators, cab drivers, video rental stores, and typewriter makers inevitably predicted chaos and job losses. Artificial intelligence will make life much better and healthier for most people, but it will bring massive disruptions, too.
In February, a Texas woman named Emily Sutton picked up her phone and found herself talking to an AI-generated voice. It asked her a series of questions about injuries she might have suffered, and after she'd said the questions didn't apply to her, it kept asking more questions. When she asked who was calling, the voice named a Michigan personal injury operation, and read off its address. The call was one of 1,000s placed by an automated platform working off a purchased lead list.
Governor Abbott has made public safety a top priority. He’s signed into law the strongest bail reform package in Texas history, expanded resources for local law enforcement, and directed the Texas Department of Public Safety to target repeat violent offenders. The consistent decline in the crime rate reflects the results of those priorities and build on the Governor’s commitment to protecting law-abiding Texans by ensuring dangerous criminals remain behind bars where they belong.
