This is the second year in a row Texas has been recognized by Site Selection with this “Triple Crown” win. In March, Governor Abbott accepted Site Selection magazine's Governor's Cup recognizing Texas as the No. 1 state for attracting the most new and expanded business facility projects for an unprecedented 14th consecutive year. Last November, Site Selection recognized Texas for the third year in a row as the Top Business Climate in the U.S.
The largest gains in April came from the sectors driven primarily by consumer spending, with the retail trade and service sectors both increasing by double digits compared with April 2025. The growth in receipts from the service sector reflects a surge in spending on live entertainment. Within the retail trade sector, double-digit gains in receipts came from the general merchandise subsector — with strong results from big box retailers and warehouse clubs — as well as from electronic shopping.
U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) will be introducing the Barring American Citizenship by Keeping Out Foreign Fraudsters (BACK OFF) Act, which would put a stop to birth tourism, a long-abused system that America’s foreign adversaries like China and Russia have exploited to undermine our nation’s sovereignty and ensure their children are born on American soil to automatically gain U.S. citizenship.
Texas' agriculture community is one of the key backbones of our nation's economy, and a critical pillar of our national security. Last week, House Republicans passed the Farm, Food & National Security Act of 2026, commonly known as the Farm Bill. It's one of the most consequential pieces of legislation in the United States, and while it's supposed to be renewed every five years, Congress has not passed a Farm Bill since 2018, making this year's bill especially important.
Fed Chairman Jerome Powell announced last week that he's going to remain on the Federal Reserve Board until 2028, even as he, by law, surrenders his chairmanship. The announcement came even after President Donald Trump agreed to drop his unwise lawsuit against Powell for funding a $2 billion new Taj Mahal building down the street from the White House. Powell will be the first Fed chair to stay on the Fed's Board of Directors in 50 years. This isn't the way it's done. It's bad form.
Last week I was proud to help advance key priorities for East Texas families, farmers, and our Nation’s Security. I voted to pass the Farm, Food & National Security Act of 2026 – the first Farm Bill since 2018. This legislation is one of the most consequential tools we have to support American agriculture, shape our food supply, and strengthen rural communities. For too long, Texas farmers and ranchers have been pushed to the brink, facing rising costs, labor shortages, and unpredictable weather.
All we hear about from the Left these days are shouts of voter suppression. Don't believe a word of it! Voting among Hispanics, Blacks & Asians have all increased over the last two decades. Hispanic turnout alone rose to 37.9% in 2022, and 40.4% in 2018 from 31.2% in 2010. And since we think a picture is worth a 1,000 words, we prepared a chart showing the trend of minority voting in non-presidential election years – and yes, the numbers are up, not down for each minority group.
More than 6,000 Veterans die by suicide each year, and as lawmakers we have a responsibility to the men & women who wore the uniform – as well as to the families who stood beside them – to pursue every credible option to improve their post-war outcomes and save lives. President Trump signed an Executive Order last week that will advance Federal Research into the therapeutic potential of ibogaine, and it signals a shift toward prioritizing evidence, accountability, and results.
“People change,” the press “agent” of the front organization for the terrorist MEK wrote to me, trying to convince me – or himself – that he was not taking blood money for promoting these terror groups. In fact, there has been no history, ever, of an Islamic terrorist group “changing,” only using different tactics, titles, and the Islamic principle of taqiyya – lying to infidels. In my mind, the “agent” is a traitor of the U.S. and the West, selling out to make a buck.
Texas added 46,800 nonfarm jobs in March to reach a total of 14,403,500. Over the year, the state added 117,200 jobs for an annual nonfarm growth rate of 0.8 percent, outpacing the national growth rate by 0.6 percentage points. Texas’ civilian labor force registered at 15,916,600 after decreasing by 25,200 over the month. Over the year, Texas’ civilian labor force has added 82,200 people.
I have been laser-focused on security preparations for these games. As transnational gangs and nation-state adversaries increasingly use unmanned aircraft systems — or drones — to carry out attacks around the world, we must do everything in our power to secure the airspace over our 11 U.S. host cities. That's why this week, I wrote to Secretary Hegseth, Acting Attorney General Blanche, and Secretary Mullin, urging the administration to empower the National Guard to counter drone-related threats.
The new report released this week by the Department of Justice’s Task Force to Eradicate Anti-Christian Bias is a wake-up call. The task force, led by Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, has produced one of the most, if not the most, substantive works of this administration. The report, entitled “Eradicating Anti-Christian Bias within the Federal Government,” lays bare what is at the heart of the Left’s disdain for religious freedom: it is a clash of “worldviews” over abortion, gender ideology, and sexual orientation.
Black conservatives face unrelenting attacks and slurs that they're "not really black" if they don't mindlessly vote Democrat. Not only that, they're tools of "White Racists" if they dissent from the NAACP's hard line. That's why there are 60 Democrat members in the Congressional Black Caucus – and the five black Republicans in Congress were refused membership when they tried to join the club. The Supreme Court decision this week to overturn racially gerrymandered Congressional Districts has "The Left" going nuts.
The "10% Credit Card Interest Rate Cap Act" – sponsored by Senators Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Josh Hawley (R-MO) – would impose a ceiling on credit card rates for five years. But because whatever government touches has catastrophic consequences, the results would be at least 64 million U.S. consumers having less access to Credit Cards or paying higher fees – and, millions of lower-income Americans with poor credit ratings would be at risk of losing their cards entirely.
Governor Greg Abbott today directed the Teacher Retirement System of Texas (TRS) Board of Trustees to implement the maximum feasible premium reductions that both preserve the long-term financial stability of the TRS-Care fund and reduce Medicare Advantage insurance costs for retired educators. Last year, the Governor delivered the largest investment in public education in Texas history, including over $4 billion for teacher and staff pay raises.
From Edinburg, Texas, Cassy Garcia brings nearly two decades of experience in public service and government relations at the local, state, and federal levels. She began her career as a Regional Field Representative for the Texas Agriculture Commissioner, and later served as Sen. Cruz’s South Texas Regional Director and Deputy State Director. She most recently served as Senator Cruz’s Acting State Director.
The Supreme Court striking down Democrat racism in the drawing of Congressional districts set off a predictable wave of panic across the Left, as the concept of having to make a case to voters who aren’t simply blindly loyal to the party began to sink in. While Democrats will happily sterilize or mutilate any pre-teen going through puberty confusion, they absolutely refuse to have a conversation with an American who will not bow down to their left-wing agenda. Why? Because they can’t.
Gov. Greg Abbott today announced that a Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant in the amount of $20,852,518 has been extended to Applied Optoelectronics, Inc. (AOI) for an expansion of their manufacturing capacity in Sugar Land, Texas. The expansion represents more than $279 million in capital investment, and is expected to create 500 jobs. The expansion of the Sugar Land facility will increase production of specialized semiconductor chips and transceivers used to build high-speed optical networking infrastructure.
