Author: Bethany Blankley | The Center Square contributor, Washington Examiner

(The Center Square) – The Texas oil and natural gas industry continues to add jobs, dominating job growth nationwide, according to the latest Texas Workforce Commission and Department of Labor data. The sector added 1,900 jobs in the upstream sector over the month in February, bringing the total upstream employment to 205,400 in Texas. Texas…

(The Center Square) – Month after month, Texas keeps breaking its own employment records. As was the case in 56 out of the last 58 months, Texas once again broke its previous employment records in February, according to the latest Texas Workforce Commission data. February was no different, with Texas again leading the U.S. in…

(The Center Square) – Texas again reached new historic employment highs in December, breaking records it previously set nearly every month last year. In 2024, Texas broke multiple employment records, leading the U.S. in job creation, The Center Square reported. The Texas labor market broke records for having the greatest number of total jobs, the…

(The Center Square) – There are multiple key races to watch in Texas in the last few hours of Election Day, with border districts a central focus. According to multiple polls, former President Donald Trump and U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, are expected to win, but not by much. Polls show Trump leading Vice President…

(The Center Square) – Border Patrol agents at the northern border again broke records in fiscal 2024, reporting the greatest number of apprehensions in U.S. history. In fiscal 2024 (Oct. 1, 2023, through Sept. 30, 2024), agents reported 198,929 illegal border crosser apprehensions and encounters, the greatest number in U.S. history, according to U.S. Customs…

(The Center Square) – Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal border crossers in Texas dropped 51% in one year, according to federal data. The stark decline comes after Gov. Greg Abbott expanded Operation Lone Star border security efforts in the state. In fiscal 2023, Border Patrol agents reported 1,045,655 apprehensions of illegal border crossers in five…

(The Center Square) – A South Carolina sheriff is under fire for refusing to cooperate with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. U.S. House representatives who chair the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Accountability subcommittees are demanding answers from a Charleston County, South Carolina, sheriff in response to its noncompliance with ICE detainer requests. U.S.…

(The Center Square) – Of the 14 million illegal border crossers reported under the Biden-Harris administration, more than 3 million are from four countries whose citizens were granted expanded entry through a parole program created by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas: Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela (CHNV). At least 2,496,080 illegal border…

(The Center Square) – The trend of more Hispanics voting Republican in Florida continues this election cycle after records were broken in 2022. A new poll also shows that the greatest number of Cuban Americans in recorded history say they are voting for former President Donald Trump. Increasing Hispanic support for Republicans continues after a…

(The Center Square) – Texas Department of Public Safety troopers working through Gov. Greg Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star, continue to arrest “special interest aliens,” primarily men from countries of foreign concern. That includes Iran, a U.S. State Department designated State Sponsor of Terrorism. Texas DPS first sounded the alarm about increasing arrests…