This bill builds on the work done last session to require economics in high school. As Thomas Jefferson rightfully argued, the only way for self-government to be successful is for there to be an educated citizenry.

Governor Greg Abbott announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing more than $344.1 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of January.

If the House takes a week to sort out the next Speaker, who cares? If it takes a month, who cares? Yes, I want the investigations to start and the subpoenas to fly, but it doesn’t really matter when that starts, just that it does. And it will.

“The Biden Administration's pathological obsession with undermining Israel is endangering the national security of America... It has consistently sought to undermine Israel’s security, to open a Palestinian Consulate in Israel's capital of Jerusalem, unleashed the FBI against the Israeli Army, and ostracized parts of Israel’s government," said Sen. Ted Cruz, a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.

Texas' 1st Lady Cecilia Abbott announced today that the Governor's Response Against Child Exploitation (GRACE) Initiative will host its 3rd Annual Week of Prayer to End Human Trafficking from January 9th through the 15th. The statewide effort coincides with Texas' "Human Trafficking Prevention Month" and serves as a call to action to prevent exploitation and support survivors. Here are the details.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a multi-state brief before a Tallahassee, Florida-based Federal Court supporting Florida's H.B. 1557 law that protects 3rd grade and younger students from being exposed to instruction on inappropriate subjects such as so-called sexual orientation and gender identity. Liberal groups have sued Florida over the law, but the Paxton-led coalition argues for its constitutionality and legality.

State sales tax revenue is the largest source of funding for the Texas State Budget, accounting for 56% of all tax collections. With the 2023 State Legislative Session beginning next week, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced earlier today that State Sales Tax Revenues in December 2022 were 10.5% more than December 2021, and had increased 11.2% from the 3-month fourth quarter 2021 to 2022.

Did someone or something seize control of the United States? What happened to the U.S. border? Where did it go? Who erased it? Why and how did 5 million people enter our country illegally? Did Congress secretly repeal our Immigration Laws? What has the woke hysteria ignited?

As 20 deranged House Republicans continue to inflict embarrassment and crisis in Congress, a lot has to be sorted out if we're to save the country from the twin disasters of Big Government Socialism and Democrat Wokeism. It's a sad, frustrating, and unsettling situation for the Republican Party – not to mention for regular American citizens hurting from the challenges we face as a nation.

“If you look at the competitive seats on the 2024 election map, all of them are held by Democrats. You have to squint very hard to find a pickup opportunity for them,” said Jacob Rubashkin of the non-partisan campaign tracker Inside Elections. Senators like West Virginia's Joe Manchin are becoming endangered species, and they're up for reelection in battleground states with targets on their backs.

As the newly elected justice for South Texas' 13th Court of Appeals in the Rio Grande Valley, the Hidalgo County GOP congratulated former State Representative Aaron Peña as he was sworn in on New Year's Day while surrounded by many family members, supporters and local elected officials. “Hopefully that momentum continues,” said one, as Republicans continue to make huge gains in South Texas.

Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency Texas effort has led to over 336,000 Illegal Immigrant Apprehensions and more than 23,000 Criminal Arrests, with more than 20,000 Felony Charges reported. Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Texas National Guard took historic action in 2022 under Operation Lone Star. Here's some of the results.

Rep. Guerra filed his first pieces of legislation for the upcoming 88th Legislative Session that are focused on his constituents' priorities: improving our state’s healthcare and education systems, protecting small businesses and consumers, increasing transparency and efficiency in government, and improving energy infrastructure.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a Utah- and Indiana-led motion to intervene in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proceeding to prevent the Vanguard investment management fund from exerting too much power over publicly-traded utilities via its back-door strategy to push costly and controversial Environmental, Social & Governance (“ESG”) investing activism.

My heart is usually with the Members of Congress who are so annoyed by the rest of the GOP that they do or say stupid things just out of simple frustration. But that doesn’t make what they say and do any less stupid. Maybe I’m too cynical, I don’t know for sure, but now that we’ve established the fact that 2022 sucked I fear 2023 will be the House GOP fighting among itself – but we can always hope. 

After ​​​​​​​Holiday Travelers all across America face a nationwide Artic Blast and are burned by 1,000s of airline delays traveling home for Christmas, and as many fight what's amounted to the "perfect storm" of issues affecting air travel in Texas – the 2nd-most populous state in the U.S. and home to 5 of its 15 Largest Cities – here’s one way for the Feds & the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) to respond.

Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 336,000 migrant apprehensions and more than 23,000 criminal arrests, with more than 20,000 felony charges reported. In the fight against fentanyl, DPS has seized over 354 million lethal doses of fentanyl during this border mission.

Resources on the Comptroller’s website offer answers to frequently asked questions, outreach materials, detailed challenge submission instructions and a one-page guide that includes links to video tutorials on submitting individual challenge types.