To no one’s surprise, the current Texas Legislative Session has been a busy one, and as of the middle of April the Senate alone had passed over 392 bills, including 32 of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s priority bills. The Texas Legislature often paces the nation on issues of great import, and this session is no different – particularly Sen. Bryan Hughes's bill to provide the final blow to killing the left’s ESG Agenda. And, just as Texas confronted the boycotting of Oil & Gas in 2021, the effort by Sen. Hughes's is big!

The Texas Workforce Commission is currently accepting applications for its "Upskill Texas Grant Program" where employers can be reimbursed up to $3,000 per trainee for 100% or their Technical Training. Trainees must have been employed by the business for at least six months, and to be eligible businesses must have 100 or more Texas employees and provide a 50% employer match, which can include trainee Wages & Benefits. The application deadline is June 30th, the details are as follows.

“Texas just took a major step toward putting families in charge. Lawmakers listened to what Texans have been saying loud and clear: Every kid deserves options. This would be the largest-ever launch of an Education Savings Account Program in the U.S., and we look forward to seeing this bill signed into law.” Texas Families agree — 77% of Texas Voters support education freedom, regardless of their income or ZIP Code. The program will launch in the fall of 2026.

We don’t care anymore. "Unfortunately, there've been people in the Pentagon who don’t like the change the Secretary is trying to bring – so they are leaking and lying to the mainstream media. We’ve seen this game played before. The Secretary is doing a tremendous job, and the President stands strongly behind him,” said White House Press Sect. Karoline Leavitt this morning, announcing President Trump's forceful support of Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth.

Economic minded voters who said inflation was the most important factor last election supported Donald Trump by an almost 2-to-1 margin over Kamala Harris. And, recent national polling shows 2 out of 3 Republicans are cautious about State Legislatures overriding uniform Federal Food Safety Regulations – or adding to them. If it wasn’t already clear, consumer-centered policy is the sure-fire winning strategy for Texas, so here's a look at what legislators are considering.

“Senate Bill 2 paves the way for every Texas child to thrive in the educational environment that serves them best," said House Education Committee Chairman Brad Buckley. “Today the Texas House took the final step to advance the largest School Choice launch in the nation. It's an unprecedented victory for families, students, and the future of our great state," said Gov. Greg Abbott – celebrating the first time in history School Choice legislation passed in both chambers of the Capitol.

U.S. intelligence predicts a Chinese invasion of Taiwan by 2027 – just two short years away. The fall of Taiwan would give China a corner on the world’s market for semiconductor chips used in everything from cars, to smartphones, to satellites. Such a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) victory would also embolden the authoritarian regime’s expansionist ambitions elsewhere. Texas Cong. Pat Fallon, an Air Force veteran, has some ideas how to counter such developments

“In the last two years, an audit of productions in Texas – including Movies, TV Shows & Commercials – discovered that for every dollar spent on incentives for the film industry, nearly $5 was generated for the Texas Economy. That is an incredible nearly 500% return on the state’s incentive package," said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick. The director of ‘The Chosen’, a series about Jesus, testified that $70 million spent in Texas created over 1,000 jobs in Midlothian and East Texas.

Over the decades – and all the way up to modern times – it’s mostly Democrats who march, demonstrate, riot, set fires, break store windows, assassinate, and murder.  Republicans’ one venture into it has so upset Nancy Pelosi, the Media, and the Woke-Left that it's turned into a Holy Day for Democrats. We call it "JanuarySixthmas." A complete list of Democrat & Progressive Violence would take a roomful of researchers to assemble.

"Thanks to Senate Local Government Committee Chair Paul Bettencourt and his continued leadership in reducing taxes for Texans, with the passage of Senate Bill 32 the Business Personal Property Tax Exemption will be significantly increased, and more Texas businesses will be eligible to receive it,” said Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, after the Texas Senate passed a major tax cuts for small businesses, Senate Bill 32, by Sen. Bettencourt.

Early last week I had the privilege of hosting Larry Calhoun from the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative for a conversation with Small Business Stakeholders from TX-17. This timely discussion came just days ahead of President Trump's reciprocal tariffs announcement, and provided a valuable opportunity for local businesses to gain some insights into what’s ahead. It’s critical our best Job Creators & Entrepreneurs are part of the conversation.

As a veteran – as well as the President & Founder of Texas’ first addiction recovery based hospital – I have some concerns for the unintended consequences of banning all consumable hemp in Texas. Senate Bill 3 in the Texas Legislature may be well-intentioned, but it poses serious risks to public health and safety for Texas Veterans and the public. 

Many Democrats seem to have lost a capacity for shame. They're disgusted only by the refusal of others to yield to their demands – and their use of any means to achieve political ends or revenge is all that matters. They refuse to condemn the growing violence as Tesla autos & dealerships are set on fire – while offering with a wink to the vandals. The question is, what do Democrats stand for, when everything they are now is defined by those they hate?

If Congress fails to Reauthorize & Extend the Tax Cuts that helped jump-start the U.S. Economy after first being passed by President Trump in 2017, the U.S. and Texas manufacturing industries will face a devastating tax increase – and up to 6 million jobs will be lost nationwide, including nearly 550,000 in Texas. Fortunately, Congress is already on the road to protecting these jobs and job creators, but in the weeks ahead it needs to finish the job.

Think about this for a second: When asked "Who best represents your Democrat Party’s values," Democrats say Cong. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez leads with a meager 10%, a lame 9% say Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders hits 8%, and the rest barely even register – Oh Wait! 30% of respondents just said, “No one.” When your party’s best-known faces can’t even cobble together double-digit support – and a third of your base doesn’t even believe leadership exists – you’ve got a branding problem.

For the first time in one poll’s history, Democrat's Congressional "Approval Rating" has gone negative among their own voters. Just 40% now "approve" – compared to 49% who "disapprove." That’s a dramatic change from last year when 75% approved and 21% disapproved. The numbers are clear: No longer satisfied with the Party's Status Quo, the Democrat Party's base is on the verge of an intra-party revolt to move even further to the left. And according to party insiders, Democrat voters are even angrier than you think.

Here's just part of where we can start. Its a 10 Item List with an introduction that reads: "Top Democrats tell us their party is in its deepest hole in nearly 50 years – and they fear things could actually get worse." The party has its lowest favorability ever. There's no popular national leader to help improve it, they can't stop most legislation in Congress, there's dwindling liberal media influence, a bad 2026 map for the Senate, and they're losing working-class voters. Something is wrong with the Democrat Party.

The long-simmering battle within the Democrat Party in Washington, D.C. has not only been laid bare this past week, but after the recent government shutdown funding fight between House & Senate Democrats inflamed how badly the party is divided, gasoline has already been added to the fire. To make matters worse, Democrats know it's Donald Trump's successes that are fueling their disintegration – and he's only getting started. All hell has broken loose among the Democrats.

With American consumers still recovering from years of inflation & price hikes – for food, gas & housing – more credit cardholders are carrying debt forward or falling behind on their payments. But now a group calling themselves "Texans Against Hidden Credit Card Fees" wants to overhaul the way credit cards are processed in Texas that would benefit large retailers like Walmart & Home Depot – but force smaller Mom & Pop Stores to create entirely new payment systems in order to “save” just $21 a month.

"The job of the state is to empower parents,” said Gov. Greg Abbott, pledging that Texas will be put on a pathway to become the No. 1 State in the nation for educating students through a Universal School Choice Program that's moving through the Texas Legisislature. Additionally, Abbott thanked the Texas House of Representatives for standing up for Texas families and for having enough votes to pass their school choice bill, House Bill 3, as the Texas Senate has already passed their version in Senate Bill 2.