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Texas' Job Gains Hit Monthly High for 8th Straight Month, Unemployment Drops Again

Texas added 82,500 total nonfarm jobs in June 2022, the largest over-the-month job gain yet in 2022. For the eighth consecutive month, the state set new employment highs as total nonfarm employment reached 13,431,100.

07.22.2022
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Water Planning Updates Reveal What’s Next for Water in Texas

Ensuring our state’s finite water supplies meet future demand requires strategic planning and collaborative efforts from Texas citizens and every level of government. 

07.22.2022
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What Makes Biden So Pugnacious?

That friendly fist bump with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman might not have been such a defining moment -- had Biden not first set himself up.

07.22.2022
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Gov. Abbott: Samsung Expanding It's Already Major Plans Near Austin

Governor Greg Abbott Wednesday issued a statement following Samsung Electronics, Co., Ltd.'s ("Samsung") decision to potentially increase their historic investment in Texas to include 11 new semiconductor manufacturing facilities in Taylor and Austin.

07.21.2022
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Cruz Applauds U.S. Decision to Hold Mexico Accountable for Energy Violations

U.S. Senator Ted Cruz responded to the decision by U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai to take action against the Mexican government for undermining U.S. Energy Producers in violation of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

07.21.2022
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HUNTER: Why Democrats Are Desperate to Charge Trump With Anything

If you were to tell me that someone in politics is corrupt - criminally corrupt - I'd be open to believing you, but I wouldn't join you in calling for their head without a little something called evidence. Not your thoughts, not your conclusions, your women's intuition, or your Spidey sense tingling, I'd need proof!

07.21.2022
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Pax­ton Joins Coali­tion to Stop Ced­ing U.S. Pow­er to the World Health Organization

Attorney General Ken Paxton joined an Oklahoma-led petition for rulemaking asking the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services to repeal regulations that unlawfully delegate Emergency-Declaration Authority to the World Health Organization.

07.21.2022
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Texas Workforce Commission Seeking Members for Committee on Purchasing from People with Disabilities

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is currently accepting applications to serve on the Advisory Committee of the Purchasing from People with Disabilities Program, also known as the "Works Wonders Program."

07.21.2022
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick Announces Appointments to the Industry-Based Certification Advisory Council

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced the appointments of Aaron Alejandro, of Wichita Falls, Sheri Bonds, of Taylor, and Dr. Michael Webster, of Houston, to the Industry-Based Certification Advisory Council

07.20.2022
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee Passes Cruz Measure Targeting Venezuelan Regime Hostage Takers

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee passed an amendment Senator Curz authored requiring the State Department to produce a detailed report on efforts by the government of Venezuela to detain United States citizens, after public reports that the Venezuelan regime has recently seized additional American hostages.

07.20.2022
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Governor Abbott Directs Coordinated State Response To Widespread Wildfire Conditions Across Texas

Critical fire danger and widespread drought conditions have resulted in multiple wildfires continuing to burn across Texas, including the Chalk Mountain Fire in Somervell County and the 1148 Fire in Palo Pinto County.

07.20.2022
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Texas Prepaid Tuition Program Newborn Enrollment Deadline Approaches

Texas families have through July 31 to enroll their newborns at 2021-22 prices in the Texas Tuition Promise Fund®, the state's prepaid college tuition program. "Newborns are children younger than 1 year of age at the time of enrollment. *

07.20.2022
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Why Are Blacks Still on Board With Biden?

Overall approval for Biden from NY Times/Siena College stands at 33% and from Pew 37%. However, both polls show approval for the president much stronger than the national average among minorities.

07.20.2022
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Cong. Pfluger: Biden Protecting Illegal Terrorists; Is Dead Serious on 'Ending Fossil Fuels'

Instead of briefing our committee on the attacks and the planned assailants, DHS has decided to withhold information on terror plots from Congress unless we obtain privacy release waivers from the suspected “criminal non-citizens” involved.

07.19.2022
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State Rep. Jacey Jetton's Now Accepting TASSP Applications

The Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program supports students committed to their education and military service. Rep. Jetton is now accepting applications from students in House Dist. 26 for the Scholarship Program.

07.19.2022
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Pax­ton Sues Biden Admin Over Its Efforts to Force Abor­tions in Texas 

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services regarding their use of the Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA) to require hospitals to perform abortions.

07.19.2022
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Texas Workforce Commission Awards $204,058 Jobs and Education for Texans Grant to Support Career Training in South Texas

TWC awarded South Texas College a $204,058 Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant to help the school purchase and install equipment. South Texas College will initially provide 130 students with training for careers as Architectural and Civil Drafters, with additional students to be trained in the future.

07.19.2022
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THOMAS: Extreme Cases & Bad Law

Ever since the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade last month, pro-choice activists and their media allies have been on a campaign to influence public opinion that the decision was a mistake.

07.19.2022
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