WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-Texas-13) reintroduced the Wildfire Victim Tax Relief and Recovery Act. The bill would provide tax relief for victims who suffered significant losses in the Panhandle last year when wildfires burned […]
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A History Written in the (Lone) Stars
By: U.S. Senator John Cornyn, R-Texas The history of Texas’ legacy in the space race from the ’60s-’70s is a storied one, and it started with a lot of hard work by the Lone Star State to get America’s […]
Texas Comptroller’s Office Releases A Field Guide to the Taxes of Texas
(AUSTIN) — The Texas Comptroller’s office recently released A Field Guide to the Taxes of Texas (PDF), a periodic report providing an overview of Texas’ major state taxes. Every year, the state collects billions in state taxes and fees, federal receipts and other […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton Continues Fight to Protect Girls’ Sports in Texas and Announces Investigation into Hutto ISD and Richardson ISD
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton is continuing his efforts to investigate and hold accountable any school district or official who openly disregards Texas law protecting the integrity of women’s athletics. After demanding documents from Dallas Independent School District (“ISD”) and […]
Texas Game Warden Field Notes
Flushing Out a Poacher On Nov. 2, Henderson County Game Wardens filed charges against a man for hunting without landowner consent. The wardens had been investigating the suspect since last deer season, when they found an unusual hunting blind made out of […]
Cornyn Joins Pfluger-led Resolution to Block Biden’s Waste Emission Charge
Congressional Review Act Resolution of Disapproval Will Alleviate Burden on U.S. Domestic Energy Production WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) last week cosponsored a bicameral Congressional Review Act resolution of disapproval led in the U.S. House of Representatives by Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) to block the […]
Family Place Libraries™ Project Grant Recipients Announced by State Library
Austin, TX – The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) is pleased to announce the 2025 Family Place Libraries™ Project Grant Recipients. 2025 Family Place Libraries™ Project Grant Recipients Burnet County Library System El Paso Public Library Irving […]
Texas A&M System Triples Supercomputing Capacity
$45 million investment will create world-class AI skills and an innovation hub BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, Texas — The Texas A&M University System will be home to what is expected to be one of the highest-performance AI supercomputers at any North American […]
DPS Increases Enforcement for Sunday’s Big Game
AUSTIN – The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) reminds football fans, and anyone out on the roads, to drive responsibly ahead of Super Bowl LIX this weekend. As the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles compete for the Lombardi […]
Attorney General Ken Paxton Issues Opinion Protecting High School Sports from Competitors Abusing Dangerous “Gender Transition” Drugs
AUSTIN – Attorney General Ken Paxton issued an opinion detailing that an alleged “gender transition” is not a valid medical purpose for student-athletes to take steroids and that the University Interscholastic League (“UIL”) should prohibit students abusing such drugs from […]
