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Texas Lawmakers Co-sponsor the FARM Act


A group of lawmakers from Texas are co-sponsoring the Farmer Assistant and Revenue Mitigation Act of 2024, also known as the FARM Act. The FARM Act seeks to provide temporary immediate assistance to farmers while the Farm Bill is still being debated in Congress....

Fifth Circuit Ruling Restores the ‘Day’ to Election Day

A ruling by a federal appellate court returns the “day” to Election Day in at least three states including Texas. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion Friday that federal law requires mail ballots to arrive by Election Day and preempts any state...

Report: Federal Subsidies Predominately Fund Unreliable Energy


In the past 14 years, the U.S. has greatly increased energy subsidies for sources such as wind, solar, oil and gas, nuclear, and coal. According to a recent Texas Public Policy Foundation study, from 2010 to 2023, oil and gas received $33 billion in subsidies, while...

Feds Count 2.1 Million Encounters at the Southwest Border in 2024

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has announced the number of southwest border encounters for September, wrapping up the 2024 federal fiscal year.  September saw the lowest number of encounters since February of 2021—a month into the Biden-Harris administration’s...