Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar revised the BRE and now projects 2020-21 revenue available for general-purpose spending to be $113.88 billion and the ending balance in General Revenue-Related (GR-R) funds to be $725 million, an increase of $1.67 billion from the negative balance projected in the January 2021 BRE.
Most notable was SB 886, which would implement a Texas Veterans Commission to help those who have served our county obtain citizenship.
There's something very fishy about the new 2020 Census Bureau data determining which states picked up new Congressional Seats and which states lost them. Most all the revisions to the original estimates moved in one direction: Gains were added to Blue States, losses were subtracted from Red States. Is this a mere coincidence?
One way the Texas Legislature honors future generations of military leaders is through the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program (TASSP). The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and each State Senator & State Representative appoint students to receive a TASSP scholarships. Here's what you need to know about applying.
"During his joint address to Congress, President Biden listed plan after plan that would destroy jobs, grow the role of government in our lives, and threaten Texas’ economic might," said Gov. Greg Abbott late Wednesday evening. He also complimented South Carolina Senator Tim Scott’s response – calling "for a freer, safer & more prosperous America."
After President Biden announced another round of tax hikes on the American people during his address to Congress Wednesday night, the top Republican Leader on the House Ways & Means Committee, Texas Cong. Kevin Brady, dubbed Biden’s “American Families Plan” the “Crush American Families Plan” and criticized Democrats’ latest power and tax grab.
"These divisive concepts have been inserted into curriculums around the state, but they have no place in Texas schools. SB 2202 will ensure that 'critical race theory' and other so-called 'woke' philosophies cannot be taught," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick after passage of Senate Bill 2202 by State Sen. Brandon Creighton of Conroe.
In June 2018, Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA,) publicly exhorted her supporters to harass cabinet members of the Trump Administration. Her, and other's rhetoric has led to an increase in homicides in America's cities, where the majority of the victims are the very "people of color" she claims to so deeply care about.
A new poll released by the Hispanic Republicans of Texas shows that 64% of Texas voters support legislation to protect free speech on social networks by preventing them from blocking, banning, or discriminating against users based upon their viewpoints. They also agree with State Sen. Bryan Hughes’ effort to provide social media platform oversight.
Sen. Cruz called on President Joe Biden to fire Special White House "Climate Envoy" John Kerry if this weekend's New York Times reports are verified – that he leaked intelligence about numerous Israeli intelligence operations to one of the United States' gravest enemies, Iranian Foreign Minister Zarif. Read his full remarks below.
The Texas Rent Relief Program, which has been plagued problems forcing tenants and landlords to wait weeks or months for relief, will be the focus of the House Committee on Urban Affairs at a public hearing .
The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) is encouraging Texans to use extreme caution on social media amid a dramatic increase in identity theft.
Its rare, if not unprecedented, to see a highly diverse group of organizations such as the conservative Alliance Defending Freedom, the liberal American Civil Liberties Union, the libertarian Cato Institute & Reason Foundation on the same page as the NAACP Legal Defense & Education Fund on the same issue – but its happening on police "reform."
The dirty little secret in education is that poor children do get stuck with lower quality public schools. But we may be closer than ever to more school choice in Texas – which the majority of Texans support. That's why I'm excited and encouraged to support Senator Paul Bettencourt’s SB 1968, “The Family Educational Relief Program.”
On Thursday night last week, the Texas House managed to complete the debate on the state budget well before midnight. In a 12-hour long debate, the members delivered on many issues important to Texans. Now the legislature moves into a fevered pitch to beat deadlines & hear bills on House Floor.
"Southeast Texas and the Rio Grande Valley have been hit time and again by torrential rains and devastating flooding,” said Texas Land Comm. George P. Bush, announcing that applications for Homeowner's Assistance & Reimbursement Programs (HARP) are now available to help homeowners rebuild from the 2018 & 2019 Flooding, Tropical Storm Disasters.
Sen. Ted Cruz has penned an op-ed for Newsweek to detail the worsening border crisis created by President Biden’s immigration policies, and highlighting his recent Congressional Tour to the Rio Grande Valley where Sen. Cruz and other Senators from across the nation witnessed the National Security & Public Health Crises firsthand.
“Rescinding this now is particularly malicious... At a time when the entire nation is trying to pull itself out of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, its particularly irresponsible for President Biden to take this action while he fails to meet responsibilities along our southern border," said Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar.
