Governor Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster proclamation to allow expanded use of dyed diesel on Texas roads. The proclamation also raises the allowable weight for fuel, agricultural, and timber loads, and suspends Texas Low Emission Diesel (TxLED) rules to the extent the EPA authorizes. The Governor also requested that the EPA waive federal ultra-low sulfur diesel requirements.

The White House's announcement that it will automatically enroll millions of American children in Trump Accounts will chart a path to create individually-owned life savings for future generations. The Internal Revenue Service will use its data to create a Trump Account for 60 million American children, providing $1,000 for babies born between 2025 and the end of 2028, along with a tax-advantaged investment account for all children younger than 18 that parents, guardians, employers and others can donate to.  

Texans don’t take kindly to outsiders interfering in their affairs. They might not be aware, then, of a shady financing pipeline that is turning ordinary car wrecks into paydays for investors who never set foot in the state, costing Texas households more than $4,500 a year. This coming winter, the Texas Legislature will have a chance to require transparency into who is funding lawsuits. They can keep frivolous lawsuits down so real victims can seek justice.

Farabee will serve as the Commission’s liaison to state leadership and members of the Texas Legislature on policy matters affecting the agency, as well as constituent affairs. The Government Relations Division plays a vital role in advancing the RRC’s mission, particularly during legislative sessions. The team monitors legislation and policy developments that may affect the agency and the industries under its jurisdiction, while fostering communication with state leaders and other stakeholders.

Governor Greg Abbott announced Morgan Stanley Services Group, Inc. is establishing a new U.S. hub in Dallas, with a $684 million capital investment that will create more than 3,800 jobs. A Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) grant of $43,849,500 and a Veteran Created Job Bonus of $40,000 have been extended to Morgan Stanley. TEF is a performance-based grant, administered by the Texas Economic Development & Tourism Office within the Office of the Governor.

Attorney General Ken Paxton assisted in securing a major victory at the Supreme Court of the United States, which allows the federal government to continue providing Texas and other states access to expanded federal citizenship information. This information is used to verify voter eligibility and maintain accurate voter rolls while litigation continues. Before this expansion, the system was substantially more limited and cumbersome for voter-list verification.

Many of our neighbors to the south are shrinking governments, opening markets, and prioritizing growth and stability. Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru, and Colombia are governed by conservative leaders. Brazil, with its 214 million people, will decide next month if they will join this wave.  Incumbent Lula da Silva, the "last man standing" among South America's leftist leaders, is tied in polls with Flavio Bolsonaro, the son of the nation's last conservative president.

Last week, I had the opportunity to tour Hobby Airport with the Houston Airport System. Hobby Airport is the only 5-star-rated airport in North America, and I was honored to meet many of the people behind it. I enjoyed hearing from Southwest Airlines, the Transportation Security Administration, and the Federal Aviation Administration about how they work together to ensure Hobby’s success. As the senior Texan on the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, I’ve seen firsthand some of the needs that our nation’s airports face.

U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, led members of the Texas congressional delegation in a letter to the Presidential Commission on the United States Space Academy endorsing Texas’s forthcoming proposal to host the U.S. Space Academy. “For more than six decades, Texas has led human spaceflight. NASA's Johnson Space Center is home to America's astronaut corps, Mission Control, and human spaceflight training."

This brilliant and scathing indictment of the UN by Argentina’s President Javier Milei, the Howard Cosell of modern-day geopolitics: he tells it like it is: "The UN… built a bureaucratic leviathan devoted to deciding how the peoples of the world and their citizens should live…For years, citizens around the world were told that they should be afraid. Afraid of their neighbors, of the air they breathe, of leaving their homes. That fear wasn't a mere side effect. It was the chosen instrument of their government.

Texas Comptroller Don Huffines today applauded the state’s most recent employment report data, which affirmed that Texas continues to outpace national trends, adding 159,000 nonfarm jobs between August 2025 and August 2026. According to data from the Texas Workforce Commission and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Texas’ workforce grew by 1.1% during those 12 months, outpacing the national annual job growth rate by 0.7 percentage points.

Harmony Science Academy-Pflugerville announced today that student Halil Tunc has earned the Congressional Award Gold Medal, the highest honor bestowed upon young people by the United States Congress. The Congressional Award is a non-partisan, voluntary, and non-competitive program that challenges youth to set meaningful goals, acquire new skills, serve their communities, improve physical fitness, and engage in immersive exploration.

RRC Commissioner Wayne Christian today called on Texas oil and gas producers, pipeline operators and other energy companies to strengthen their cybersecurity defenses amid recent cyberattacks involving Texas-bound energy tankers and federal warnings that foreign adversaries and other malicious cyber actors are targeting internet-facing operational technology and industrial control systems.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that the federal government has updated President Donald J. Trump’s Major Disaster Declaration following the July severe storms and flooding that impacted communities across Texas to include Grimes, Live Oak, McMullen and Schleicher counties for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Public Assistance program.  Additional counties may be requested as updated information becomes available.

We’ve offered up plenty of ways to lower diesel and gas prices - including a temporary suspension of gas taxes and suspending ethanol and other “renewable” fuel standards. The WSJ has embraced these ideas as well. Instead, Senate Republicans and some White House officials are pushing a hair-brained ban on exporting fuels. The current price spike here and globally is not a U.S. problem- it's not a domestic shortfall. It's a global one.

The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has implemented new fraud‑prevention tools designed to strengthen financial controls and safeguard taxpayer dollars across statewide payment systems. To meet modern fraud‑monitoring standards and further secure electronic payments, the Comptroller’s Treasury Operations division has implemented account validation and fraud risk assessment services to strengthen ACH controls across all state agencies.

Republicans are falling in line with the counterproductive idea of banning U.S. diesel exports. This will only incentivize our domestic suppliers to produce less diesel now and in the future. But because of the chemistry involved, producing less diesel also means producing less gasoline. And that means higher prices for everyone who doesn't have a diesel vehicle. An emergency action to lower diesel prices that raises gasoline prices would be political malpractice.

Governor Greg Abbott delivered remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for Eli Lilly and Company’s $6.5 billion active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) manufacturing site at Generation Park in Harris County. The project is the largest investment in API manufacturing in Texas to date and will create more than 600 high-paying jobs. During his remarks, Governor Abbott noted that Texas is a national leader in pharmaceutical manufacturing. Houston is home to the world’s largest medical center.

Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham, M.D., announced that the Texas General Land Office (GLO) has entered into two new hard mineral leases for rare earth minerals with El Paso Minerals Corp. (EPM) covering more than 1,000 acres in Hudspeth County. The agreements build upon the nationally significant Round Top project and mark a major step toward establishing Texas’ first dedicated rare earth mining district.

Why did President Donald Trump ban CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House? The better question is: What took so long? The economy is far better than reported. The Atlanta Fed's GDPNow model currently estimates third-quarter growth at an annualized rate of approximately 5.1 percent, up from an earlier estimate of 4.4 percent. And even at today's elevated gasoline prices, the cost of gas as a percentage of income remains far smaller than during earlier price shocks.