"If you are not in Texas, this is the safest place to build your business and to raise a family. If you are not here yet, get here quickly," said Governor Abbott, emphasizing the number of job-creating corporate relocation and expansion projects in Texas, driven by the state’s pro-business mindset and an environment where free enterprise can flourish. The Governor highlighted innovative industry leaders in AI, biotech, nuclear, and advanced manufacturing.
There used to be many business advantages for corporations to be headquartered in Silicon Valley and New York City or Chicago - despite the high taxes. But those advantages have all but dissipated. New York City’s hold as the financial capital has disappeared as firms flock to Miami and Dallas. The fastest growing tech centers are in Salt Lake and Austin. Chicago was the city that worked. Now it’s the city that doesn’t work.
Beginning this year, Tuskegee Airmen Day will be observed on the fourth Thursday in March to honor the first African American military pilots and support staff who played a crucial role during World War II. The Fort Worth Veterans Home is named after the Tuskegee Airmen, the first African American combat flying unit in the United States Armed Forces. These pilots served during World War II and completed over 15,000 missions across North Africa and Europe
If you want to understand what’s really happening in Iran right now, don’t listen to the spin. Watch the behavior. Watch who’s being expelled. Watch who’s being deployed. Watch who’s suddenly willing to talk. Because when you line up the facts—not the narratives—you see something unmistakable: This isn’t a stalemate. This is a regime in collapse. According to U.S. leadership, Iran’s military—long hyped as a regional powerhouse—has been dismantled at a pace that even seasoned observers didn’t expect.
Governor Greg Abbott today delivered remarks on the creation of the new Texas Jobs Council, which will strengthen Texas' workforce development initiatives and ensure Texans are prepared to fill the state's growing number of high-demand jobs. In addition to speaking on the mission of the Texas Jobs Council, Governor Abbott touted the economic success that the state of Texas has already achieved.
With the exit of five members of the Senate, including four chairs, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has named chairs to lead standing and new interim select committees. The chairs serving on the interim select committees will remain in their positions through the 90th Legislative Session, as the select committees will be made permanent standing committees when the 90th Legislature commences in January 2027.
The military objectives — destroying the Navy, dismantling Iran's missile and drone production, and ensuring the regime never develops a nuclear weapon — are being accomplished quickly. And President Trump's recent attack on Kharg Island, which processes 90% of Iran's crude oil exports, is calling "checkmate" on the Supreme Leader.
State Senator Adam Hinojosa, District 27, has been appointed Chairman of the Texas Senate Committee on Nominations for the 90th Legislature, a key leadership position within the Texas Senate responsible for reviewing and advancing gubernatorial appointments across the State of Texas. As Chairman, Senator Hinojosa will oversee the vetting of nominees to state boards, commissions, and agencies that play a vital role in serving Texans and shaping our state's future.
For most of the last 40 years, pollsters have asked voters: Which party do you trust more on healthcare? The answer has been pretty much the same over this whole period. Voters trust Democrats more, sometimes by a two-to-one margin. Well, the GOP certainly better start "doing healthcare," because the issue of medical care access and affordability is front and center for American families.
As Barack Obama's former DHS Sect. said: “We're compromising security. These are people we expect to look for bombs on aircraft, and they’re not being funded.” Over 100,000 DHS employees have yet to receive a paycheck. TSA Agents are sleeping in their vehicles and donating plasma to support their families – while continuing to protect the traveling public. As 100s of TSA employees quit or call out sick, airports across the country are experiencing delays as the Democrat's Shutdown drags on.
Nine Texas medical training centers will receive grant funding for forensic psychiatry fellowships for licensed physicians pursuing mental health careers in Texas. Forensic psychiatry is a subspecialty that applies to psychiatric expertise in civil, criminal, and administrative legal proceedings and includes evaluations, treatment, and research related to safety and risk mitigation. The institutions will use these grants to develop, expand, or administer accredited one-year forensic psychiatry fellowship programs.
It is incredibly disappointing that we are on day thirty-five of the Democrat shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security. Americans across the country are feeling the impact. I joined 'John Bachman Now' on Newsmax this week to call out my Democrat colleagues for keeping the DHS shutdown as Americans suffer the consequences. I also discussed why Senator Markwayne Mullin is the right person to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick today created the Senate Select Committee on Religious Liberty, to be chaired by Sen. Phil King, R-Weatherford. “For the past year, I have had the honor of serving as Chairman of President Trump’s Religious Liberty Commission in Washington, D.C. Through the Commission’s important work, I have learned that many Americans, and Texans alike, do not fully understand their God-given religious liberty rights secured under the First Amendment."
One of the first things I do every morning, even before I get out of bed, is check the news to discover if something good happened while I was asleep. I rarely find any such news. Just about all that is reported is crime, war, hatred, Democrats, Washington, D.C., California, New York City, the Middle East, Congress, China, Trump is Hitler, transgenderism, promiscuity and decadence, ad nauseam, ad infinitum. Every time I see a picture of Gavin Newsom, AOC, Nancy Pelosi, or Chuck Schumer, I want to puke.
Governor Greg Abbott today celebrated the 107th birthday of the American Legion and received the National Vietnam Veterans of America State Award for Veteran Services. The Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) supports veterans who served during the Vietnam War. The American Legion has spent over a century championing veterans' benefits, patriotism, and community service.
AG Ken Paxton has sent a letter to the Collin County Commissioners Court urging the local officials to reject any plat applications by the developers behind the East Plano Islamic Center (“EPIC”) development known as EPIC City and “The Meadow Phase 1.” The letter comes after Attorney General Paxton recently sued to invalidate the illegal annexation of lands by Double R Municipal Utility District No. 2A, which appeared to be done exclusively to aid EPIC City avoid state regulatory oversight.
We have a patriotic solution, Governor. Cut your highest in the nation tax rates. Or, better yet, since you can't beat Florida, join 'em. Amazingly, Florida now has surpassed New York in population. But Albany spends twice as much as Tallahassee. Yet Florida's public services are superior to New York's. How can a state with a zero income tax have better services and less debt than a state with a top rate of 10.9% statewide and 14.8% in New York City?
The Greek American Elia Kazan's 1963 film "America," "America" is a fictional account based on the Herculean struggle of the director's uncle to immigrate to the United States from an impoverished and hostile Turkish Anatolia. The film summed up Americans' traditional view of immigrants: They had risked everything for the chance to reach America, and once there, became hyperpatriotic in their gratitude for the magnanimity of their new hosts.
