Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar today announced his agency received the Certificate of Achievement for Excellence in Financial Reporting from the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA) for its Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR). The agency has […]
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Galveston Island Celebrates Grand Re-opening
Galveston Island State Park invites the public to a grand reopening event with two days of festivities March 31 and April 1 as part of the ongoing, yearlong Texas State Parks Centennial. The beach side of the park opened last summer following […]
Texas Senate’s unprecedented $16.5 billion Property Tax Relief Voted out Unanimously!
Sen. Bettencourt’s SB 3, 4, SJR 3 & Sen. Parker’s SB 5 pass out of the Senate on a bipartisan “4-PEAT” 124-0 vote The Texas Senate’s unprecedented $16.5 billion Property Tax Plan that will provide unprecedented relief to homeowners, […]
Sen. Cruz Introduces Constitutional Amendment to Cement Supreme Court at Nine Justices
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today reintroduced his proposed constitutional amendment that would ensure only nine justices could serve on the U.S. Supreme Court at a time. The amendment is co-sponsored by Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Mike […]
Sen. Cruz Applauds DirecTV’s Decision to Bring Newsmax Back on Air
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statement in response to DirecTV’s decision to re-platform Newsmax: “Having Newsmax back on the air is a victory for free speech over powerful corporations that want to put […]
Sen. Cruz Leads GOP Colleagues In Blasting Admin for Left-Wing Strings Put on Semiconductor Money
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) this week led a letter with more than a dozen Senate Republican colleagues to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo urging the administration to strike a number of liberal social policy conditions that were […]
Sen. Cruz: “We Need To Be Careful Not To Impose Regulations That Make Flying More Miserable or Costly”
In his opening statement at today’s full committee hearing titled “Enhancing Consumer Protections and Connectivity in Air Transportation” Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) discussed concerns that a rush to re-regulate passenger air travel could make it prohibitively expensive for […]
Commerce Committee Approves Cruz Bills on Veterans and Smart Devices
U.S. Senate Commerce Committee Ranking Member Ted Cruz (R-Texas) issued the following statements after the Committee advanced with strong bipartisan support this morning two of his bills, the CADETS Act and the Informing Consumers about Smart Devices Act. Both measures […]
Crackdown on Catalytic Converter theft is adopted by Senate Criminal Justice Committee 7-0
Senators Middleton and Bettencourt join onto Senator Alvarado’s SB 224, named for Harris County Deputy Darren Almendarez who was killed trying to stop a catalytic converter theft The Criminal Justice Committee chaired by Senator John Whitmire (D-Houston), passed a serious crackdown […]
4 Ways Businesses in Texas are Prioritizing Security
Photo by Terrance Barksdale Texas is one of the most business-friendly states in the country due to the absence of corporate and personal state tax, as well as a reasonable regulatory environment. However, like most states, businesses are exposed […]
