Data released by the Texas Workforce Commission indicates that upstream Oil & Natural Gas industry employment grew in July by 6,800 jobs over June, the second highest monthly increase in data history. Since the low point in employment during September of 2020, industry has added 45,800 Texas upstream jobs, averaging growth of 2,082 jobs per month.

This week marks a terrible milestone: The shameful and botched withdrawal from Afghanistan that allowed the Taliban to reassert control over the country for the first time in 20 years, killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans in an ISIS orchestrated terrorist attack, damaged relationships with our allies, and made our own country less safe. The legacy media is working hard to sweep its impacts under the rug.

The great Rush Limbaugh used to say, "The modern environmentalists worship the created, not the creator." As only 1-in-20 people say "Climate Change" is the No. 1 problem facing our country, last week Joe Biden signed the fiscally unconscionable $750 billion tax-&-spend "Inflation Reduction Act" and gave another $369 billion to the climate change-industrial complex. As Americans want and desperately need lower inflation and more prosperity, this law delivers neither.

With Mid-Term Elections less than 80 days away, Republicans continue to hold their year-long lead over Democrats and now have a 5% advantage in their bid to recapture Congress – and the GOP's lead in Rasmussen's "Generic Congressional Ballot" poll is now 2% higher than is was last week when they led 46%-43%. Republican's lead is due mainly to a 9% advantage among Independent Voters – and the FBI's damaged standing with Independent Voters.

Property Appraisals are rising amidst a booming Texas economy, but taxpayers can be assured their Property Tax Rates are on the way down to offset the increases. "The Cavalry's coming over the hill for Texas Homesteads this fall. After passage of Props 1 & 2 last May, 3.5 million homesteads will this year pay less on average in school taxes than last year. Over-65 homeowners are frozen this year, but will get an actual property tax cut in 2023," said State Sen. Paul Bettencourt.

200,000 illegal immigrants were encountered at the Southern Border last month – a 325% increase from the average July number under President Trump. This brings the total number of illegal crossings since President Biden took office to over 4.2 million – including 800,000 illegal immigrants. To put that in perspective, that's the size of more than 13% of the population of Texas. Here's the latest figures in perspective.

“This opinion will help create new processes that can be used to verify our elections have been conducted fairly and without any fraud. My office continues to lead from the front and we won’t back down until our elections are completely and totally secure,” said Attorney General Paxton, releasing an office opinion outlining the formal process to establish a crucial new tool in the fight for free and fair elections, and boost confidence in Texas’s elections.

In the first ratings for Schools Districts & Campuses in Texas since 2019 due to COVID-related pauses, Harmony Public Charter Schools – a Texas-born and Texas-wide charter school system with roughly 4,000 school professionals statewide – announced its 7 Central Texas campuses in Austin, Cedar Park and Pflugerville (with two more slated to open in Leander & Georgetown,) continued thier strong STEM-based college readiness learning performance.

Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-KY) gave Democrats a boost recently. Whether it was intentional or not is irrelevant at this point—when the Senate Republican leader says that his party virtually has no chance of retaking the 50-50 Senate, people take notice.

As the Biden White House continues to stick to its story that the president had no clue Attorney General Merrick Garland signed off on the controversial FBI raid of Donald Trump's Florida home, Rasmussen Reports says its new polling indicates that the lack of transparency on the part of the Biden Administration will hurt Democrat's chances in November – and cause continued distrust toward the Democrat Party down-ballot. 

Texas employers added 72,800 jobs over the month and for the ninth consecutive month smashed all previous records for total jobs at 13,513,100.

As the effort will require new legislation and would likely not be finalized until the 2023 Legislative Session, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar and Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Joan Huffman voiced strong support for the initiative to exempt feminine hygiene products from State & Local Sales Tax.

After Texas added 72,800 total non-farm jobs in July 2022, for the 9th consecutive month the state has set new employment highs as total non-farm employment reached 13,513,100. Texas has added a total of 736,700 positions since July 2021.

Look, no one is going to just hand us our nation back. These pukes are not going to purge themselves. The enemy's not going to shrug and go back to their faculty lounges and Trader Joe's white wine sections and leave the country to us normal people. We have to fight for it – every day and in every way, forever.

"As one of the world's largest battery manufacturers, East Penn Manufacturing's expansion in Temple is great news for Texas' skilled workforce. And as the global demand for batteries continues to grow, this new facility will further stimulate Texas' booming economy and usher in greater opportunities for the people of Central Texas,'" said Gov. Greg Abbott, celebrating the grand opening and ribbon cutting of the company's new Finishing & Distribution Center.

“Housing & Urban Development resources, along with private funds, will not only ensure that our community meets its affordable housing demands, but does so in a way that's beneficial to residents, taxpayers and community stakeholders. This is a win-win for TX-34,” said new (and very active) Congresswoman Mayra Flores, announcing a new $16.5 million dollar, 50 unit housing project for the south Texas border city of Weslaco, Texas.

"We should not ask Austin taxpayers to fund full-time salaries for part-time City Council members whose record of performance is so poor that 56% in the recent Austin Monitor Poll said that Austin is headed in the wrong direction," said the non-partisan Save Austin Now PAC, following a local media report that City Council could be proposing a 40% pay increase for itself, potentially raising pay from $83,158 to $116,688.

Rarely does the average American think of the Internal Revenue Service as a “service” – especially when the Internal Revenue "Service" recently advertised some of its new hiring and job placement opportunities. One of the “Major Duties” caught the eye of many commentators:  “Carry a firearm, and be willing to use deadly force, if necessary,” it read. Presumably because of the uproar, the IRS deleted that line.