“Oil and natural gas provides over 400,000 direct jobs, and an additional 2.2 indirect jobs elsewhere in the economy for every direct job," said Texas Oil & Gas Association president Todd Staples, as data from the Texas Workforce Commission suggests that upstream employers expanded payrolls by 3,000 jobs in December 2021.
The grant will help the district and their partner Ranger College purchase and install equipment to serve Ingram ISD students, providing training in the occupations of welder, cutter, solder and brazer.
On one side are those who wear masks almost everywhere, and who demand that others do so as well – including young children on outdoor playgrounds, and 2-year-olds on airplanes. On the other side are those who only wear them where punished for not doing so (most obviously, airplanes). And human interaction has suffered – people are less kind when they're anonymous.
"Despite a historic response from Congress nearly four years ago — providing $28 billion in Community Development Block Grants for recovery funding for Hurricane Harvey and other disasters — survivors all across Texas are still waiting on [HUD] mitigation funding," said Sen. Cruz, asking about the delay in critical funding for communities across the state following the hurricane's August 2017 devastation.
"From skyrocketing inflation to socialist spending sprees, from open border policies, increased crime, to the supply chain crisis, Americans are worse off under this Administration than ever before. Its time Americans have leaders that put America first and leads our country forward, not backward," said Cong. Williams from the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives. (LISTEN HERE.)
“For many folks in the area, this project revives the area’s storied past and deep roots. A significant investment from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers will fast-track the final installments,” said Cong. Gonzales. “This is a tremendous win for the Westside Creeks,” said Jim Campbell, Chair of the San Antonio River Authority's Board of Directors.
Are California taxes too high? Well, seven members of California’s Legislative Assembly and five members of the Senate think they’re not high enough.
If you watched Joe Biden’s press conference last week – his first in one day shy of the number of years he’s been alive (78 days) – you were likely not thrilled. As I’ve said many times before, there really isn’t an aspect of his life that Joe hasn’t lied about. He’s just always been on the side of the media, so they give him a pass. It seems no one with the name Biden is particularly bright.
"Thanks to employers large and small, the future of Texas shines bright with the best workforce in America," said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today while announcing that the state of Texas had hit another all-time record for job creation by reaching 13,059,600 total jobs, surpassing all previous employment highs.
“The falling unemployment rate demonstrates Texans taking advantage of the numerous job and career opportunities provided by our Texas employers,” said Texas Workforce Commissioner Aaron Demerson, announcing that Texas had added a 694,400 jobs since December 2020 and the Texas Unemployment Rate in December 2021 was 5.0%.
While the District of Columbia was given autonomy to enact city laws when Congress passed the District of Columbia Home Rule Act in 1973, Congress also retained the right to oversee city governance.
Ongoing site visits by the Texas Railroad Commission to natural gas facilities show that significant progress has been made by Texas facilities to supply the fuel in emergency weather conditions. And, since the start of the fourth quarter of last year, operators in the Permian Basin have added more than 30 drilling rigs to the basin.
On Wednesday, a Politico/Morning Consult survey came out that showed that 37% of Americans awarded Biden a grade of "F" for his first year, and another 12% giving him a "D." School kids with grades like that risk being held back a year – or expelled.
Representatives from state agencies that are members of the Emergency Management Council will report to the SOC beginning Thursday, January 20 at 8:00 AM CT to assist in the state's winter weather response.
“He inherited what should have been a banner year. Our economy had rebounded under President Trump faster than anyone expected. We had trillions of COVID money in the economy, reopening regions, and life saving vaccines."
After their previous ruling, the Office of the Attorney General no longer has the authority to independently prosecute criminal cases in trial courts. Attorney General Paxton has filed a motion for the Court of Criminal Appeals to rehear the case.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week sent a bipartisan, bicameral letter to U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm expressing strong support for Freeport LNG’s expansion of export capacity at their liquefaction and export terminal in Brazoria County, Texas.
Pray we dodge those bullets, literally. I’ve got a new non-fiction book from Regnery on America’s looming chaos coming out on July 12th, so I’ve been digging deep into the worst-case scenarios. You’ll want to pray really hard. Since Trump left, everything has gotten worse.
