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Sen. @JohnCornyn just delivered two major wins in the fight against fentanyl:
✔️ Opens access to next-gen overdose meds
✔️ Grows addiction medicine workforce
“These bills will help save lives.”
texaspolitics.com/2025/12/03…
Texas A&M Receives $5.4 Million DOE Grant for Nuclear Waste-to-Fuel Research
'This project demonstrates how we can address long-term nuclear waste challenges' bigenergynews.com/2026/10/te…
“A golf ball size of thorium would power everything in your life,” says @ScottJewettFL.
“It’s gonna make everything more affordable.” bigenergynews.com/2026/10/sc…
Texas Agencies Receive More Than $2.3M to Combat Online Child Exploitation
'We can build more barriers between predators and the victims they target.' texaspolitics.com/2026/10/30…
🚨 Texas AG Ken Paxton's (@KenPaxtonTX) office has sued Harris County over a "Get Out the Vote" ad campaign.
The suit alleges the county used Meta's ad tools to target Latino, Asian, and African American residents while excluding white voters.
Paxton recused himself from the case.
🚨 Republican ex-Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Thomas Phillips backs James Talarico (@jamestalarico) over Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX).
"Paxton's public career in Texas has been marred almost since its inception by charges of impropriety," he wrote.
texaspolitics.com/2026/10/30…
🔥 Rep. Brandon Gill (@RepBrandonGill) at a Weatherford rally with VP JD Vance for Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX):
"Now when James Talarico looks at the American flag, he believes it is a 'complicated symbol.'"
texaspolitics.com/2026/10/30…
🗣️ Sen. Ted Cruz (@TedCruz) on Michigan Democratic Senate nominee Abdul El-Sayed:
"My nickname for the guy is the jihadist leprechaun."
El-Sayed has denied any affiliation with the Muslim Brotherhood and has disavowed the group on several occasions.
LONESTAR 10.30 — 3 Texas stories:
1. Trump revives attacks on James Talarico at his third Texas rally
2. Abbott appeals an order to release redacted Elon Musk communications
3. SEG Solar plans a $950M solar cell plant in Tomball
texaspolitics.com/2026/10/30…
❄️ Teverra says its underground cooling tech can cut data center cooling power use by 60% to 80%.
It pitched it Oct. 13 to the National Energy Dominance Council and the Department of Energy (@ENERGY).
The savings haven't been independently verified.
bigenergynews.com/2026/10/te…
☀️ SEG Solar plans a $950 million solar cell plant in Tomball, near Houston
🏭 4 GW of HJT solar cells
👷 700+ local jobs expected
📅 First 2-GW phase targeted for 2028, second for 2029
"American-made cells, American-made modules, one company accountable." — SEG CEO Jim Wood
What would 700 new jobs mean for Tomball?
bigenergynews.com/2026/10/se…
🏠 TEXAS HOUSING REPORT
Regulations = 23.8% of the cost of a new home
Multifamily: 40.6%
Shortfall: 306,000 homes
Property taxes hit $89.4B in 2025, up 364% since 1998, per the Texas Public Policy Foundation.
Is housing getting harder to afford where you live?
Full story 👇
texaspolitics.com/2026/10/29…
LONESTAR 10.29: Texas voters of every party want AI guardrails, Gov. Greg Abbott's (@GregAbbott_TX) campaign targets Gina Hinojosa (@GinaHinojosaTX) over donors, and Ken Paxton (@KenPaxtonTX) launches a "Detransition Clinic."
Which one are you watching?
texaspolitics.com/2026/10/29…
🗣️ President Donald Trump (@realDonaldTrump) revived attacks on James Talarico (@jamestalarico) at a Corpus Christi rally, his third Texas visit this month:
"He disappeared for 12 to 14 days."
Talarico said his Type-1 diabetes makes flu recovery more difficult.
⚖️ Gov. Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) is appealing an order to turn over all his communications with Elon Musk (@elonmusk).
Gina Hinojosa (@GinaHinojosaTX) sued over pages "redacted or completely blacked out."
Abbott's office: "a baseless stunt."
texaspolitics.com/2026/10/29…
🗳️ Rep. Christian Menefee (@RepCDMenefee) says the most asked question he hears from Houston voters: do Democrats "actually have a plan" if there is election tampering?
Rep. Joe Morelle:
"We came up with about 150 different threats..."
