U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins today announced the launch of the $500 million Fertilizer Investment & Expansion for Long-Term Domestic Supply (FIELDS) Program, a new initiative administered through USDA Rural Development to expand domestic fertilizer manufacturing, strengthen America’s fertilizer supply chain, and improve long-term affordability for American farmers.

The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) appointed members to the Healthcare Workforce Advisory Board, which held its first meeting on June 25. The advisory board was established by the 89th Texas Legislature to address healthcare workforce shortages and enhance collaboration between industry providers and higher education institutions. To address challenges facing the healthcare industry, the appointees will develop a collaboration toolkit and resource guide.

Homeschool and other eligible nonpublic students will receive their full $2,000 annual award July 1. Private school students will receive the first 25% of their total award July 1, followed by an additional 25% on Oct. 1, and the remaining 50% on Feb. 1, 2027, provided they remain enrolled in a participating private school. The first group to receive funding includes private school families who opted in and whose selected school confirmed the student’s enrollment, along with homeschool/other families who opted in by the deadline.

Last week, ten Democratic Socialists of America members won primaries for Congress or the state legislature in New York. Most called for abolishing ICE and many for "defunding the police. "That's become a major theme of the Democratic Socialists who are winning elections in major cities. Nearly every major city has a shortage of police officers.  Los Angeles is at a 30-year low in uniformed officers and Washington D.C. is at a 50-year low.

Texas Insider Report: AUSTIN, Texas – Governor Greg Abbott announced a package of four Texas Energy Fund (TxEF) grants totaling more than $8.8 million to strengthen electric reliability for Lamb County Electric Cooperative, Inc. members in the South Plains. The grants will support several reliability projects including transmission line replacement, increasing transformer capacity, and modernizing aging infrastructure.

President Donald J. Trump signed a proclamation temporarily suspending countervailing duties (CVDs) on certain phosphate fertilizer imports, providing immediate relief to American farmers while advancing the Administration’s broader strategy to strengthen America’s fertilizer supply chain. The action is expected to reduce phosphate fertilizer prices by approximately 22 percent, benefiting more than 100,000 farms across 97 million planted acres nationwide.

The first piece of legislation, the Premium Transparency Act, requires health insurers and Medicare Advantage plans to publicly disclose exactly what share of every premium dollar goes to patient care versus overhead and profit. This bill also directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to standardize how insurers communicate benefits and cost-sharing, giving consumers the ability to make true comparisons between plans.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal and endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, among them life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." This sentence has been called in a recent book by author Walter Isaacson “The Greatest Sentence Ever Written.” I agree, and it certainly was a sentence that changed history. As America celebrates its 250th anniversary, we must reflect on what these words mean.

Gov. Greg Abbott today celebrated Texas being recognized as the "Best Business Climate in the Nation" for the 4th year in a row. Texas consistently leads all states in attracting job-creating business investment and is today home to 57 Fortune 500 headquarters — the most in the nation, as well as hundreds of publicly traded firms and more than 3.5 million small businesses. Since 2015 under Governor Abbott’s leadership, Texas has gained more than 2.6 million jobs.

The recent primary elections were about far more than local races – they offered the clearest picture yet of where today's Democrat Party is headed. The faces of Zohran Mamdani's movement include candidates who literally take pride in wiping their hands on the American Flag, blame white supremacy for 9/11, advocate for decriminalizing prostitution, and embrace anti-American extremism.

Fentanyl is the number one killer of young Americans between the ages of 18 and 45. Every single day, moms and dads across Texas, and across this entire nation, are burying their children. This isn't just a law enforcement crisis. It’s a generational crisis. It’s a national security threat to our youth and a moral failure if we do not use every tool at our disposal to crush it.  I was proud to introduce the "FEND Off Fentanyl Act" which was signed into law.

Acting Texas Comptroller Kelly Hancock today announced the agency’s launch of its 2026 State of Texas Commemorative Coins, also known as Lone Stars. This unprecedented, state-authorized initiative offers gold and silver commemorative coins, along with a line of innovative Modern Redbacks gold bills, to the wholesale and retail precious metals markets. The State of Texas Commemorative Coins and Modern Redbacks will be available in mid-July for purchase.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that a Texas Semiconductor Innovation Fund (TSIF) grant of $3,074,255 has been extended to Quantum Global Technologies, LLC (QGT) for its new services facility in Austin. The facility is expected to create 287 new jobs and represents more than $43 million in capital investment. Upon completion, the QGT facility will become Ultra Clean’s first location in North America equipped to service semiconductor fabrication chamber tool sets used in the production of 2nm chips that power next-generation technologies.

Democrats across the spectrum are still struggling to comprehend what happened in the New York Democrat primaries this week. New York Attorney General Letitia James is one of the most Trump-obsessed violators of the law anywhere in the country. She manufactured cases hoping to put the Democrats’ main political opponent in jail. But even she lashed out at Mayor Zohran Mamdani for attempting to “blow up” the Democrat Party by backing "Socialist"

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) introduced the Feedstocks, Uniformity, Safety, and Energetics (FUSE) Act. This legislation establishes a Pentagon pilot program to evaluate the extent 3D-printable energetic materials can safely expand domestic production capacity and strengthen the defense industrial base. This provision creates a pilot program to assess whether 3D-printable explosive and propellant materials can be safely used in military manufacturing.

Governor Greg Abbott today announced that Texas has submitted the comprehensive documentation required to seek reimbursement from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) for costs incurred by the State of Texas to secure the border. Texas bore the largest share of border security expenses, more than $10 billion, and this submission to DHS puts the state in a position to recover taxpayer funds and return them back to hardworking Texans. Texas will apply for reimbursement from the DOJ in the near future.

U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.), John Kennedy (R-La.), and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the Save Our Shrimpers Act. This bipartisan legislation prevents funds distributed through international financial institutions from being used to support foreign shrimp farming, processing, or export projects. This legislation is supported by the Texas Shrimp Association, Southern Shrimp Alliance, American Shrimp Processors Association, and Port Arthur Area Shrimper's Association.

Austin City Clerk Erika Brady today notified nonpartisan organization Save Austin Now PAC that her office certified the Outside Audit charter amendment as having at least 20,000 valid signed petitions from City of Austin residents. The city’s review found that 21,131 signatures were submitted and 20,051 were valid, a resulting validity rate of 94.89%. The charter amendment will now be placed on the November 2026 ballot.

"The response was instantaneous. I was instantly getting emails from people around the country – 'When is this? How do I get involved?'" was the response Mark Judge got after word of his agreement with the American Film Institute & Cultural Center in Silver Spring, Maryland got out. But two months later, his effort to fight back against Socialism & Communism by showing films like "Dr. Zhivago" & "Red Dawn" ran into... "changes in screen rental rates and rescheduling."

“The demand for a high-skilled workforce has never been greater,” said Gov. Greg Abbott earlier today, announcing a series of State Agency directives to strengthen workforce development and help more Texans access high-demand, high-paying jobs in the trades and other critical industries. State agencies will take immediate action to strengthen Texas’ workforce development system and ensure Texans are prepared to fill these high-demand fields.