Governor Abbott touted the booming Texas economy while addressing a crowd of more than 200 entrepreneurs and workers, pointing to the state’s Best Business Climate ranking and reasonable regulations as primary factors for Fortune 500 companies flocking to the state and CEOs continuing to rank Texas as the Best State for Business for 20 years in a row. The Governor also praised Texas' young, diverse, growing, and highly skilled workforce as a major draw for employers from across the world to continue to do business in Texas.

With the acquisition of this border property, the GLO now owns two pieces of land on the border in Starr County – encompassing more than 4,000 acres. This most recent property acquisition includes trees that have reportedly served as “rape trees,” where migrants would display various arrays of women's clothing as “trophies” after sexual abuse. The GLO is proud to step in to ensure this property can no longer be used for this kind of heinous activity.

With more than 15 million records digitized in the past year, the Railroad Commission of Texas now has 83.4 million oil and gas records that can be searched and viewed online from anywhere in the world. The enormous amount of work is part of the RRC’s ongoing success increasing transparency and making the vast trove of information held at the agency easily available to the public. 

During this year’s event, TWC and Texas Workforce Solutions will host more than 30 events across the state in partnership with the Office of Governor Greg Abbott, the Texas Veterans Commission, and the Texas Medical Center. Since 2012, these free hiring events have connected more than 24,000 employers with 137,000 job seekers, including 47,000 veterans. Hiring Red, White and You! events have also resulted in more than 3,400 same-day hires.

Veteran suicide is a crisis we cannot afford to overlook – especially as the numbers continue to climb. As someone who served alongside many of these brave men & women, I'm committed to ensuring we bring this number down, eventually to zero.  The "What Works for Preventing Veteran Suicide Act" is a crucial step toward improving the effectiveness of Suicide Prevention Programs within the Dept. of Veterans Affairs, which will strengthen data collection and transparency to ensure the best use of life-saving resources.

Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 524,800 illegal immigrant apprehensions and more than 48,200 criminal arrests, with more than 41,600 felony charges. In the fight against the fentanyl crisis, Texas law enforcement has seized over 551 million lethal doses of fentanyl—enough to kill every man, woman, and child in the United States and Mexico combined during this border mission.

“Texans know how long and burdensome the process to recover and rebuild after a hurricane can be – and we will do everything we can to help our fellow Americans through that," said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, announcing that he has directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to deploy additional emergency management personnel to North Carolina to continue supporting Hurricane Helene recovery efforts, following a request from North Carolina Emergency Management.

The numbers don’t lie. Under President Biden & Vice President Harris America’s Borders are wide open – enabling terrorists, violent criminals and drug traffickers to walk right into our country. Their disastrous open-border policies enabled over 2.1 million illegal immigrations to enter our country during Fiscal Year 2024. This staggering number is only surpassed by the two previous years of the Biden-Harris White House.  We could never have imagined record-high numbers like this – and Texans are bearing the brunt of their crisis.

President Trump said, “South Texas needs to elect Adam Hinojosa as their next State Senator. Adam will work hard to stop inflation, the invasion at our Southern Border, and the woke left’s desire to destroy children and families. Elect Adam Hinojosa and bring back the Great American Dream. Adam Hinojosa has my Complete and Total Endorsement! Together we will Make America Great Again.”

Governor Greg Abbott today announced seven dual credit grants totaling more than $1,300,000 have been awarded to Texas independent school districts (ISD) to train students for high-demand, good-paying jobs after graduation. These grants awarded through the Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) will help the ISDs purchase, repair, or replace equipment for career and technical education (CTE) programs that provide further training to students as they complete their high school coursework. 

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, was honored today by the city of Laredo and awarded the Key to the City for his leadership in streamlining the presidential permitting process and securing presidential permits to build and expand four major international bridges in South Texas, including two in Laredo.

“It is illegal to engage in Election Fraud, and illegal to obscure one’s identity to flout Election Rules. The Dept. of Justice must take immediate action to prevent illegal conduct in our elections,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, detailing the results of an investigation by his office that revealed how suspicious actors seemingly use ActBlue’s political fundraising platform to make illegal straw donations. The investigation into the largely-Democrat contribution portal began in December 2023 following allegations that the company could be facilitating illegal campaign contributions.

Since the Unclaimed Property Program began in 1962, Texas has returned over $4.8 billion in property to its rightful owners, with Hegar’s team returning almost two-thirds of that in less than 10 years. Hegar’s administration reached $3 billion in unclaimed property returns this month — a milestone composed of more than 6 million individual payments. ​​​​​​​“I encourage everyone in the Lone Star State to visit ClaimItTexas.gov to see if there's money waiting for them,” said Hegar, whose office has returned a record $422.4 million during 2024.

As Vice President Kamala Harris slips in the polls, the Democratic National Committee, Harris campaign, mainstream media fusion talking points become even more absurd. Claiming that JD Vance and Donald Trump were "weird" did not work --especially given the genuinely odd behavior of vice-presidential candidate Tim Walz and would-be First Gentleman Doug Emhoff. Now Harris asserts that Trump is a "fascist," a "dictator," and "unfit" for office. But this new talking point will also not stop the Harris campaign's hemorrhaging.

"According to your agency's Guidance, failure to use the preferred names and pronouns an individual asks to be addressed with ‘contribute[s] to an unlawful hostile work environment.’ In other words, anyone can change their names and pronouns, compel coworkers to use that name or pronoun, or face disciplinary action. Perhaps more egregious than the position related to pronoun usage is the policy on bathroom, locker room, and lactation room usage," said Senators Ted Cruz, James Lankford, and others to Health & Human Services Sect. Xavier Becerra.

“Just weeks ago, an ISIS terrorist – who this administration failed to properly vet and welcomed into our country – was caught planning an Election Day attack. While Israel is suffering weekly rocket bombardments from terrorists in Lebanon, the Biden-Harris Administration has not only foolishly decided to hamstring our ability to deport Lebanese aliens, but is also offering them immigration benefits and work authorization,” said Cong. Brian Babin, condemning the recent announcement that Lebanese nationals currently in the U.S. will be eligible for "Temporary Protected Status" and work authorization due to ongoing conflict in the Middle East.

Beginning Monday, Oct. 21st, Harmony Charter Schools announced it will pay each Exempt (Salaried) employee’s annual salary a bonus stipend in the amount of 6%. The stipend is the latest in several similar compensation boosts the school has offered employees in recent years. Most recently, Harmony paid employees a similar 5% bonus in November 2023, and teachers can also earn a variety of stipends each year for sponsoring school clubs, teaching in hard-to-staff locations or high-priority subjects, or even just taking professional development courses.

"Texas law enforcement has already begun making arrests of known and suspected Tren de Aragua members. They’re notorious for brutal violence, kidnapping, and extortion and bribery, which is why I ordered the Texas Dept. of Public Safety last month to launch a Statewide Operation to directly target, deter, and disrupt their criminal operations," said Gov. Abbott last night, highlighting Texas’ unprecedented Border Security Mission at the South Texas Property Rights Association’s (STPRA) annual meeting in Corpus Christi.

“Prison isn’t a taxpayer-funded hotel. Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati was murdered for doing his job and enforcing rules against contraband. I’m proud to work with Sens. Ossoff (D-GA) and Grassley (R-IA) on bipartisan legislation to place stricter penalties on criminals who violate prison rules, and to protect Security Guards like Lt. Albarati,” said Sen. Ted Cruz following Senate passage of the "Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act" to crack down on smuggling of contraband cellphones into Federal Prisons.

“Our investigation into ActBlue has uncovered facts indicating that bad actors can illegally interfere in American Elections by disguising political donations. I am calling on the Federal Election Commission to immediately begin rulemaking to secure our elections from any criminal actors exploiting these vulnerabilities,” said Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, sending details to the Commission illustrating how suspicious actors appear to be using ActBlue’s political fundraising platform to make a large number of straw political donations.