“Texas again outpaces the nation in annual jobs growth – thanks to strong business investments and the best workforce in America,” said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, celebrating the unrivaled strength of Texas’ jobs economy following the release of July's employment data showing that the Lone Star State is again leading the nation for jobs added over the last 12 months. Texas also reached a new record high for total jobs – for the 22nd month in a row.

The United States is witnessing a devastating epidemic unfold – and it's silently claiming the lives of 1,000s of innocent children. Fentanyl is a powerful synthetic opioid that's 50-to-100 times more potent than morphine, and up to 50 times more powerful than heroin. It has embedded itself in our communities, and has taken a devastating and deathly toll on our young. I call out the media for not having covered this tragedy the way it should.

All Americans can agree that we need clean air & water, but Democrat's and Sen. Bernie Sanders’ exclusively anti-fossil fuels positions oversimplify a complex issue and threatens the supply of energy for Americans. We must embrace all of America's energy resources to simultaneously lower harmful emissions, strengthen U.S. security and economic prowess, lift impoverished communities, and bolster democratic values.

The city of Chicago might as well not exist to Democrats on the national stage. Yes, that party has ruled the city with an iron fist since 1931, and the dead there has a remarkable turnout rate for elections, but in Washington, DC, the city doesn’t exist. Joe Biden and the swamp gang don’t mention it because they’d have to acknowledge the piles of dead bodies the city racks up annually.

“As one of fastest growing areas in the entire state – and home to our most important port, Laredo – the Rio Grande Valley is where the economic future lies. ​​​​Thanks in part to the hardworking Texans here , our state now ranks as the 8th-largest economy in the world. When we come together, we are extraordinarily more powerful and effective than we are individually,” said Gov. Greg Abbott, applauding South Texas’ economic ingenuity at the Rio Grande Valley Economic Summit.

Sen. Ted Cruz today met with leaders from the Deep East Texas Council of Governments & Economic Development District (DETCOG,) a voluntary association of local governments in the 11 County Region encompassing all of Angelina, Houston, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity and Tyler counties. Their objective was to provide more jobs and economic opportunity to people in rural East Texas.

Imagine if the United States treated China the same way it treats us. How would Beijing respond if U.S. biotech company warehouses were discovered in rural America with unsecured vials of deadly Viruses & Pathogens? Would China be angered if an American company had left abandoned COVID, Malaria or HIV Viruses in its facilities? One way to get along with China is to deal with it precisely the way it deals with us. Anything less will lead to even more Chinese contempt.

As 2024 approaches, and victory seems certain over the man they fear and hate the most, Democrats face what looks to be an insoluble dilemma. The Los Angeles Times on Monday became the first major cog in the left’s Propaganda Machine to come out for dumping Kamala Harris and replacing her with a more viable candidate. The people in charge know that Old Joe is only going to get more embarrassing – and that Kamala Harris is even worse.

“For a state that continues to grow massively, we're at the height of our production during the day and we generate more power than California and New York combined – but we need more dispatchable power generation," said Governor Greg Abbott earlier today, highlighting the important role of nuclear technology and energy in Texas’ thriving economy during an energy summit held at The University of Texas (UT) at Austin.

“Today's report again confirms that Joe Biden and Biden White House officials are pathologically obsessed with undermining Israel. They made a day one decision to pour hundreds of millions of American taxpayer dollars into areas controlled by Palestinian terrorists, despite knowing that such actions would benefit terrorist groups that have the blood of Americans and Israelis on their hands," said Sen. Ted Cruz after news reports revealed the State Department secretly sought exemptions from U.S. anti-terrorism laws to restart aid to Palestinian-controlled territories.

In the past two decades, destructive Crested Caracaras birds of prey – tropical black & white falcons that behave like vultures – have taken up residence throughout Texas. Despite being a predatory invasive species, the Caracara is currently a "protected species", which prohibits the taking of – including killing, capturing, selling, trading & transport – the migratory birds without prior authorization by the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service.

“From funding his ‘green’ energy fantasies with the passage of the largest climate bill in history, to an unrelenting barrage of bureaucratic rules from his agencies, Joe Biden's next ploy of taxpayer subsidized boondoggles will have far-reaching implications – and our nation’s middle class is worse off for it,” said Texas Railroad Commissioner Wayne Christian, voicing his opposition to the installation of offshore wind farms in the Gulf of Mexico.

I really wish Donald Trump would participate in the Republican debate on Wednesday, August 23rd, but the objective observer in me has to say the opposite. Trump joining his competitors on that stage is bad strategy. He should do what is best for his campaign, and in purely strategic terms, Trump debating right now is nuts. He should sit this one out – and here's why.

"In direct conflict with West Virginia vs. EPA, this proposal requires shifting from fossil-fuel power to other types of energy and will force the closure of Coal & Gas-Fired Power Plants. While falsely claiming this does not run afoul of the Supreme Court’s decision, it's undeniable the proposal requires a shift that the Court found Congress never granted EPA authority to require,” said Sen. Ted Cruz and 37 other Senators of the EPA's latest proposed regulations.

"I have one metric by which we at the General Land Office take action and judge our success: serve the people you are supposed to serve – and do it well," said Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, announcing a historic undertaking to transform the Hobby State Office Building in Austin into substantial Workforce Housing Development. She was joined by Austin Mayor Kirk Watson as she presented the GLO's Project Solicitation for the momentous endeavor.

In response to widespread wildfire activity throughout the state, Gov. Greg Abbott announced he has issued a Disaster Declaration for 191 of Texas' 254 counties – with additional counties to be added as conditions warrant. According to Texas A&M's Forest Service, wildfire activity is expected to continue, and at the Governor’s direction, the following State Firefighting Resources remain deployed by the Texas Division of Emergency Management.

“The EPA continues to undermine the needs of Americans,” said Texas Railroad Commission Chairman Christi Craddick. “The latest proposed rule is unrealistic, and potentially dangerous," Craddick said, as the Texas Railroad Commission and the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality sent joint comments criticizing and opposing the Biden EPA’s proposed rule to add onerous regulations to electricity generating plants across the nation..

The New York Fire Department recently reported that there have been 108 lithium-ion battery fires there so far this year, which have injured 66 people and killed 13. According to FDNY Commissioner Laura Kavanagh, "There's not a small amount of fire, the vehicle literally explodes." So the same scaremongers on the left who want bans on gas stoves & plastic straws have a surprisingly high pain threshold when it comes to people dying from "green" electric battery fires?