“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.

"We demand answers on how much of the $20 billion Congress provided FEMA for Disaster Assistance still remains. Rather than keeping FEMA focused on disaster assistance, the Biden-Harris White House used millions to fund a separate FEMA 'Shelter & Service Program,' which forces taxpayers to shoulder costs associated with illegal immigrants. Also, President Biden & Vice President Harris have touted 'lower crime' rates, which we now know the FBI's statistics prove to be false. In reality, robberies, rapes & murders were all on the rise."

"Since I've been Governor, Texas has added over 2.4 million new jobs – more Texans are working now than ever before in the history of our great state, and we'll continue to expand that job growth," said Gov. Greg Abbott, celebrating the unrivaled strength of the Texas economy after September's Employment Data showed Texas again outpacing the nation in Annual Job Growth – with 327,400 nonfarm jobs added the past 12 months. Texas also set new record highs for total jobs, the number of Texans working, and the size of the Texas Labor Force.

"This facility is transformative – not only for the Uvalde Community, which has endured so much suffering, but for the entire State of Texas. The new Behavioral Health Campus will connect 32 Texas Counties with 24/7 access to professional mental health services,” said Cong. Tony Gonzales (TX-23) as he participated as a guest speaker at the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Uvalde Regional Behavioral Health Campus. Gonzales secured $2 million for the construction of the campus through his role on the House Appropriations Committee. 

“Texas continues to outpace the nation in year-over-year nonfarm growth, with more than 327,000 jobs added since September 2023,” said Texas Workforce Commission Chairman Bryan Daniel, after Texas’ latest labor market figures set a new record in September for actual job count, and number of people in the civilian labor force. Texas’ seasonally adjusted total nonfarm employment increased to 14,289,900 after 29,200 jobs were added over the month. Texas added 327,400 jobs from September 2023 to September 2024.

Current U.S. immigration laws do not allow illegal immigrants who overstay their visas to reenter the United States for up to 10 years if they leave, and those who illegally enter the U.S. are not allowed to reenter at all. The law also requires that temporary visa applicants interview abroad at a U.S. consulate before they can receive their visas, so illegal immigrants are not eligible to regularize their status using the temporary visa programs.

It's no secret the U.S. is in the worst border crisis in the nation's history, with more than 11 million illegal encounters on our Southern Border – five times as many as under Donald Trump. But the threats to U.S. national security go well beyond our borders mow. Earlie this month, a suspected ISIS Terrorist was arrested in Oklahoma after planning to stage an attack on American voters this Election Day. Why was such an individual even here? The suspected terrorist was one of 76,000 refugees that were brought to the U.S. after Afghanistan collapsed.