“The falling unemployment rate demonstrates Texans taking advantage of the numerous job and career opportunities provided by our Texas employers,” said Texas Workforce Commissioner Aaron Demerson, announcing that Texas had added a 694,400 jobs since December 2020 and the Texas Unemployment Rate in December 2021 was 5.0%.

While the District of Columbia was given autonomy to enact city laws when Congress passed the District of Columbia Home Rule Act in 1973, Congress also retained the right to oversee city governance.

Ongoing site visits by the Texas Railroad Commission to natural gas facilities show that significant progress has been made by Texas facilities to supply the fuel in emergency weather conditions. And, since the start of the fourth quarter of last year, operators in the Permian Basin have added more than 30 drilling rigs to the basin.

Representatives from state agencies that are members of the Emergency Management Council will report to the SOC beginning Thursday, January 20 at 8:00 AM CT to assist in the state's winter weather response.

“He inherited what should have been a banner year. Our economy had rebounded under President Trump faster than anyone expected. We had trillions of COVID money in the economy, reopening regions, and life saving vaccines."

After their previous ruling, the Office of the Attorney General no longer has the authority to independently prosecute criminal cases in trial courts. Attorney General Paxton has filed a motion for the Court of Criminal Appeals to rehear the case.

“We strongly and proudly support Justin Holland for Texas House District 33," said TREPAC Chair Nancy Garcia, who along with Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan made a joint announcement of their support. "His long history of dedicated community involvement, commitment to serving Texas, and effectiveness as a lawmaker make him the clear choice in this race," Garcia said.

A.G. Ken Paxton says his office has received complaints about potential scams during the latest Omicron variant surge, and is also aware of press reports regarding pop-up mobile testing sites in Houston taking Texans’ personal and credit card information in the course of administering a COVID-19 test – only to disappear the next day without a trace.

“We're seeing Democrats today in the Senate, with the active encouragement of President Joe Biden, engaging on not one but two partisan power grabs – and doing them both with a twist. Let me explain," said Sen. Ted Cruz on the Senate Floor, lambasting Democrats for the brazen attempt of trying to hold on to power by blowing up the Senate filibuster and enacting a federal takeover of elections.

When Joe Biden was Candidate Biden, he promised Americans that if elected President he would “shut down” COVID-19 and that all Americans would “have access to regular, reliable, and free testing.” Now, as public confidence in his presidency withers away, the American people deserve and must demand accountability from his Administration.

"Texas has readied resources ahead of wildfire threats in several communities over the next few days," said Gov. Abbott earlier today, directing the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to ready resources in response to possible elevated fire weather through the end of the week and across the state.

"This award will continue to strengthen the economic impact of the growing space industry blueprint already being made in Cameron County," said County Judge Eddie Trevino after Gov. Greg Abbott today announced grants totaling $5,000,000 each to the Cameron County Spaceport Development Corporation and the Houston Spaceport Development Corporation to help develop the space industry sectors there.

“Forcing compliance like this on 84 million Americans simply because they work for employers that have more than 100 employees was never based on science or on the Constitutional Authority of the Executive Branch," said Texas Cong. Kevin Brady after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the Biden Administration’s proposed imposition of a Vaccine Mandates, which sought to force and use America's corporations to implement Biden's Agenda.

In another stunning loss for President Biden, the U.S. Senate voted in favor of – by a healthy bipartisan majority of 55-44 – Senator Ted Cruz's "Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Implementation Act" to impose immediate sanctions on the Russian government’s Nord Stream 2 pipeline to Europe.

On behalf of the State of Texas, Attorney General Paxton has sued Planned Parenthood Federation of America and several Planned Parenthood locations in Texas, seeking recovery of $10 million in payments made by the Texas Medicaid program.

​​​​​​​“Not only are the 15 Major Military Installations and the Army Futures Command in Texas critical to our nation’s defense, they also add over $123 billion to the state’s economy and support directly and indirectly over 633,000 jobs across the state. That's why I'll continue to work to ensure our military installations continue to add unmatched value,” said Gov. Greg Abbott.

The position of Finance Committee Chair is one of the most powerful positions in the Senate. That person, along with the entire committee, oversees the budget of the 9th largest economy in the world.  “The working relationship between the Lt. Governor and the Finance Chair must be one of total trust, communication and commitment to passing a conservative budget," said Lt. Gov. Patrick.

U.S. Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28), along with 11 of his colleagues today, introduced the bipartisan Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) on the Beat Grant Program Reauthorization and Parity Act of 2022 to increase compensation and hiring of law enforcement officers.

"President Biden's and the House Democrats’ socialist policies and out of control spending are not working for the American people," said Cong. Williams after it was announced that 2021 was the worst year for inflation since 1981. Real wages have decreased under Biden in 8 out of 11 months since his taking office, while the Consumer Price Index (CPI) increased at its fastest rate since June 1982. 

“Our government was created to protect our liberties — not take them away — and I will continue to fight against anything that would grant this company the ability to seize rural landowners’ property without their consent,” said Cong. Kevin Brady, introducing his bill to ensures that Texas Central’s high-speed rail and other high-speed rail projects cannot seize taxpayer land for projects that will never be started.