"We passed all of Gov. Abbott's emergency priorities, and delivered a budget that fully funds education and keeps our commitments to health care, infrastructure and public safety – all without going above the rate of inflation times population. We also passed 28 of my 30 priority bills, 20 of which have been signed into law or will be soon," said Texas' Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.

The 87th Texas Legislature sent 1,073 Bills & Resolutions to the governor's desk for approval or veto. And because the 2021 Session covered dozens issues important to Texas – including but not limited to addressing health care, increasing funding for public education, and expanding high-speed internet statewide – here's what you need to know.

“There is mounting evidence that the pandemic started in a Chinese lab, and the Communist Party covered it up. The American people, and the entire world, deserve answers to the origins of COVID-19,” said Texas Cong. Tony Gonzales and other House Republicans, asking Speaker Nancy Pelosi to perform a full investigation.

“Resurgent consumer spending drove monthly state sales tax collections to a new high. Compared to May 2019, sales tax collections were up 12.9%,” ​​​​​​​said Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar earlier today, announcing that State Sales Tax Revenue totaled $3.4 billion in May, the highest-ever monthly total and 30.1% more than in May 2020.

President Biden is asking Americans to believe that he can raise taxes, smother the private sector with regulations, kill the oil & gas industry, and fill the government's regulatory agencies with activists hostile to the nation’s economic system and it will have no effect on the nation's economic performance. But back in the real world, experience tells us otherwise.

In his Memorial Day remarks at Arlington Cemetery yesterday, President Joe Biden warned the crowd, “Democracy itself is in peril – Here at home and around the world.” Well, yes, President Biden, clearly American liberty and our national security are in grave peril – and here's why you are either clueless, or complicit in what threatens us.

Remember to Honor Those Who've Given their Lives for Our Freedom this Memorial Day...

The Texas House crossed another major deadline at midnight Wednesday morning, shutting down the ability for any more Senate Bills to be considered on the House Floor. This 2021 Session's already brought several policy victories for Texas Republicans, and more are expected to be delivered to Gov. Abbott's desk in these last few days of session. Here's how to track the progress.

“Texas has the 9th largest economy in the world, and this budget ensures it will continue to flourish," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick after passage of the 2022-2023 Texas State Budget. "Because of the border crisis precipitated by current federal policies, we maintained support for enhanced Border Security and provided pay increases for our brave Dept. of Public Safety Troopers & other Law Enforcement."

The history of the Texas’ Dyslexia Law shows an incredible journey of how one very important initiative kept special group of students from falling through the cracks in public education – and legislators should be careful if they're going to consider making any changes. Texas has always led the nation in Dyslexia Instruction, and makes the difference for millions of children & their families.

"Those who said Constitutional Carry & HB 1927 would never pass – who perpetuated stories of a 'poison pill' and other conspiracies – willfully misled 2nd Amendment supporters in Texas. They also underestimated how hard members of the House & Senate were working to pass this bill," said Texas' Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick.  

"Our nation's founded on the idea that all men are created equal. We've fought for and secured this belief, and that unity must continue – not be forced back into the single, distorted lens of race,” said Att. Gen. Paxton,  joining the America First Policy Institute, the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and 20 other state's Attorney Generals writing to Education Sect. Miguel Cardona.

The Restaurant Recovery Initiative is built around a series of training videos in English and Spanish that will share best practices to assist employers in adapting jobs to contactless operations and  new service trends.

"When parents send their children to school, they want their students to learn critical thinking without being indoctrinated with misinformation... Texans reject the 'woke' philosophies that espouse that one race or sex is better than another, and that someone by virtue of their race or sex is innately racist, oppressive or sexist," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, following the Texas Senate's passage of House Bill 3979.

"Title 42 is a pandemic-era policy that's allowed DHS to rapidly expel migrants who come to the border during the coronavirus pandemic," said South Texas Cong. Tony Gonzales, who represents Texas’ 23rd District encompasses almost 40% of the total border territory in the country.

Texas offers three tax-advantaged 529 plans: the Texas College Savings Plan® (TCSP) and the LoneStar 529 Plan® (LS529), both college savings plans, and the Texas Tuition Promise Fund® (TTPF), a prepaid tuition plan. The plans are known as 529 plans because they are authorized by Internal Revenue Code Section 529.

Gov. Greg Abbott announced that the Texas Health & Human Services Commission has received approval from the U.S. Department of Agriculture for a second round of federal P-EBT food benefits for families with children who have lost access to free or reduced-price school meals due to COVID-19. ​​​​​​​The application will be open from June 2 to August 13, and are processed when received.

“This overwhelming vote in the Texas Senate – which includes more than 10 Senate Democrat votes to ban camping statewide – sends a strong message to Mayor Steve Adler, Council Member Greg Casar and the rest of city hall that their efforts to allow unregulated public camping anywhere and regulated camping in city parks is extreme and will not be allowed in Texas.

“The decrease in the unemployment rate in Texas shows continued strength of our economy,” said Texas Workforce Commission Chairman Bryan Daniel, announcing that Texas' seasonally adjusted 6.7% unemployment rate in April was down 0.2% from March 2021.

"Instead of completing the wall at our Southern Border, which would protect innocent children from being exploited by Human Traffickers & Drug Cartels, Democrats would rather spend $2 billion on a wall around this Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. to keep my constituents out," said Texas Cong. Lance Gooden on the House Floor during this week's partisan, rancorous debate.