Governor Greg Abbott announced the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) is providing more than $344.1 million in emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) food benefits for the month of January.

“The Biden Administration's pathological obsession with undermining Israel is endangering the national security of America... It has consistently sought to undermine Israel’s security, to open a Palestinian Consulate in Israel's capital of Jerusalem, unleashed the FBI against the Israeli Army, and ostracized parts of Israel’s government," said Sen. Ted Cruz, a member of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee.

Texas' 1st Lady Cecilia Abbott announced today that the Governor's Response Against Child Exploitation (GRACE) Initiative will host its 3rd Annual Week of Prayer to End Human Trafficking from January 9th through the 15th. The statewide effort coincides with Texas' "Human Trafficking Prevention Month" and serves as a call to action to prevent exploitation and support survivors. Here are the details.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a multi-state brief before a Tallahassee, Florida-based Federal Court supporting Florida's H.B. 1557 law that protects 3rd grade and younger students from being exposed to instruction on inappropriate subjects such as so-called sexual orientation and gender identity. Liberal groups have sued Florida over the law, but the Paxton-led coalition argues for its constitutionality and legality.

State sales tax revenue is the largest source of funding for the Texas State Budget, accounting for 56% of all tax collections. With the 2023 State Legislative Session beginning next week, Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar announced earlier today that State Sales Tax Revenues in December 2022 were 10.5% more than December 2021, and had increased 11.2% from the 3-month fourth quarter 2021 to 2022.

As 20 deranged House Republicans continue to inflict embarrassment and crisis in Congress, a lot has to be sorted out if we're to save the country from the twin disasters of Big Government Socialism and Democrat Wokeism. It's a sad, frustrating, and unsettling situation for the Republican Party – not to mention for regular American citizens hurting from the challenges we face as a nation.

As the newly elected justice for South Texas' 13th Court of Appeals in the Rio Grande Valley, the Hidalgo County GOP congratulated former State Representative Aaron Peña as he was sworn in on New Year's Day while surrounded by many family members, supporters and local elected officials. “Hopefully that momentum continues,” said one, as Republicans continue to make huge gains in South Texas.

Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency Texas effort has led to over 336,000 Illegal Immigrant Apprehensions and more than 23,000 Criminal Arrests, with more than 20,000 Felony Charges reported. Gov. Greg Abbott, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and the Texas National Guard took historic action in 2022 under Operation Lone Star. Here's some of the results.

Rep. Guerra filed his first pieces of legislation for the upcoming 88th Legislative Session that are focused on his constituents' priorities: improving our state’s healthcare and education systems, protecting small businesses and consumers, increasing transparency and efficiency in government, and improving energy infrastructure.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has joined a Utah- and Indiana-led motion to intervene in a Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) proceeding to prevent the Vanguard investment management fund from exerting too much power over publicly-traded utilities via its back-door strategy to push costly and controversial Environmental, Social & Governance (“ESG”) investing activism.

Since the launch of Operation Lone Star, the multi-agency effort has led to over 336,000 migrant apprehensions and more than 23,000 criminal arrests, with more than 20,000 felony charges reported. In the fight against fentanyl, DPS has seized over 354 million lethal doses of fentanyl during this border mission.

Resources on the Comptroller’s website offer answers to frequently asked questions, outreach materials, detailed challenge submission instructions and a one-page guide that includes links to video tutorials on submitting individual challenge types.

Data released by the Texas Workforce Commission indicates that upstream oil and gas employment in Texas is experiencing continued growth, with the sector adding 2,600 jobs in November.

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Andrew "Andy" Kahan to the State Commission on Judicial Conduct for a term set to expire on November 19, 2027. He also appointed Cynthia "Cyndi" Wheless to the Texas Juvenile Justice Board for a term set to expire on February 1, 2027. Additionally, the Governor named Scott Matthew as Chair of the Board.

Congressman Tony Gonzales (TX-23) led 48 of his House Republican colleagues in writing a letter to U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas expressing concern over the December 21st, 2022 discontinuation of Title 42, saying, "Without it, Federal, State & Local Law Enforcement will be stretched beyond their limits, and threats to our national security will multiply.”

Attorney General Paxton has joined a Mississippi-led letter to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough challenging a new VA rule that attempts to circumvent state laws that protect the unborn by providing taxpayer dollars for abortions. 

​​​​​​​"As appraisal values continue to climb across Texas, there's surprising good news! Property Tax Bills for homeowners in Austin, Houston and San Antonio are down – and I'm not just talking about their ISD School Taxes, it's the entire tax bill," said State Senator Paul Bettencourt during a press conference earlier in the day, calling the news and citizen's actions that have led to lower average property tax bills "astonishing!"

Governor Greg Abbott today demanded President Joe Biden immediately deploy federal assets to address the dire border crisis, particularly in the City of El Paso, as a dangerously cold polar vortex moves into Texas this week. “These communities and the state are ill-equipped to do the job assigned to the Federal Government – house the 1,000s of migrants flooding into the country every day," said Abbott.

In opposition to this massive, unlawful wealth transfer, Texas Attorney General Paxton has taken several actions to halt the Biden White House’s sweeping Student Loan-Forgiveness idea, which does nothing to lower the costs of higher education and instead forces hardworking taxpayers to pay off hundreds of billions of dollars of college-educated individuals’ debt. 

"On Thursday night and Friday morning, temperatures forecast for some areas of Texas will be in the low teens," says the National Weather Service. Friday's forecast includes highs in the mid-20s, and lows in the lower teens for some parts of the state, rising above freezing by Saturday afternoon Christmas Day. As Texans prepare for the cold weather, operators in the Texas Oil & Natural Gas Industry are also preparing – here's your details.