Texas will operate a newly created Broadband Development Office (BDO) to award grants, low-interest loans, and other financial incentives to internet service providers who expand access to broadband service in underserved areas, says Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar.

“With Gov. Abbott promptly calling us back for another Special Session, I want Texans to know the Texas Senate stands ready to begin our work immediately. We'll have a quorum, will begin Committee Hearings this weekend, and b​​ills will be heard on the Senate Floor beginning next week,," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick following Gov. Abbott’s call for an immediate 2nd Special Session beginning Saturday at 12 noon.

"The Wall Street Journal rightly called it, ‘A major down payment on President Biden’s Green New Deal.’ That’s exactly what this bill is," said Texas Sen. Ted Cruz from the floor of the U.S. Senate, while slamming "the bait and switch" of the $1.2 trillion infrastructure package – followed by a $3.5 trillion Democrat wish list. You can read his excerpted highlights here below.

The National Border Patrol Council (NBPC) has endorsed Representative Tony Gonzales for Congress. NBPC represents 16,000 Border Patrol Agents and other border security personnel. Gonzales is the first candidate for the 2022 elections to be endorsed by NBPC.

More than one year after the World Health Organization declared a pandemic, the world is still reeling from the emergence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and the disease it causes, COVID-19. Now is the time to use all of the tools the U.S. government has to continue to root out the full truth of how this virus came to be.

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today said state sales tax revenue totaled $3.39 billion in July, 13.5 percent more than in July 2020. The majority of July sales tax revenue is based on sales made in June and remitted to the agency in July.

Last month we saw the Texas economy growing in industries and in areas all across the state with the latest labor market tracking a 6.5% unemployment rate, and 55,800 jobs added over June. End of July, heading into August, and aren't we glad we get to live in Texas!

U.S. Representatives Tony Gonzales and Robin Kelly introduced legislation to form a National Digital Reserve Corps, a group of civilian individuals with relevant skills and credentials to address digital and cyber needs across the federal government. 

Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (TLRPAC) today endorsed Luisa del Rosal for election in House District 114, which covers part of Dallas County.

Privacy should matter. Instead, this sets a dangerous precedent that weaponizes the tax code by giving Congress the dangerous power to rummage through anyone’s private tax returns for purely political reasons.

"My view is that there should be no mandates – no mask mandates, no vaccine mandates, and no Vaccine Passports. What my amendment focuses on, is just the last piece – Vaccine Passports," said Sen. Ted Cruz during a Senate Committee markup on three critical bills, one of which seeks to create a "Fund for Global Health Initiatives." Said Cruz, "An awful lot of the descriptions of 'foreign governments' in this bill can apply to our own government."

Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding shoppers they can save money on clothes and school supplies during the state’s sales tax holiday on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 6-8.

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced yesterday that he has established the Senate Select Committee on the Future of College Sports in Texas, to be chaired by Sen. Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, to study the athletic and economic impact to Texas schools and communities by the University of Texas leaving the Big 12.

​​​​​​​"By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the State of Texas, I hereby order that the Texas National Guard assist DPS in enforcing Texas law by arresting lawbreakers at the border," said Gov. Greg Abbott, instructing the Texas National Guard to assist the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) with arresting individuals for state charges related to the border crisis.

"We cannot leave behind the Afghan people who served and fought alongside us – all while knowing the great risk it would put them in,” said South Texas Cong. Tony Gonzales, who is working to expedite the Special Immigrant Visa process for Afghans, as the U.S. withdraws its troops from Afghanistan.

As a COVID surge in the illegal border crossers hits South Texas' communities in the Rio Grande Valley, there were nearly 20,000 encounters there during just the past week, adding to the 1,000,000+ encounters already recorded so far this year. The Rio Grande Valley's seen a 478% increase in migrant encounters since June 2020.

“The actions in which this decision came forward appear to be solely politically motivated,” said Doctor & Cong. Michael Burgess. “The Biden Administration jeopardized the health of countless Texans with their unprecedented move to revoke our previously-approved Medicaid waiver,” said Rep. Dan Crenshaw.

Kronda Thimesch announced she is seeking the Republican nomination to Texas House District 65.

The Securing our Border States Act would establish a block grant program to help border states construct barriers along their borders with Mexico. Once the Governor of a southwest border state certifies they want wall construction funding, the “Empowering States to Build the Wall Fund” money will go directly to them.