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• No Tax on Overtime: Approximately one in four Texas workers no longer pay federal income taxes on qualifying overtime pay.
• No Tax on Social Security: About four million Texas seniors benefit from the new senior deduction.
• Bigger Refunds: Texas taxpayers saw average refunds of $4,344 the second-highest in the nation.
• Rural Health Investments: Texas secured about $281 million in first-year Rural Health Transformation Program funding.
• Protecting Jobs and Wages: The Working Families Tax Cuts safeguarded 547,000 Texas jobs, $107 billion in state GDP, and $51 billion in workers’ wages.
Safer Streets Across Texas
Violent crime is falling across the state as a result of President Trump’s law-and-order agenda.
• Violent crime fell 13% last year, including a 13% drop in murder and 11% drop in rape.
• The top 25 most populous jurisdictions in Texas all posted lower overall crime rates than the year before.
• In the first half of 2026, Arlington homicides fell 60% from the first half of 2025.
• America’s Safest Big Cities recently placed Plano, Laredo, and Arlington in the national Top 20 with Plano and Laredo in the Top 10.
The Most Secure Border in a Generation
President Trump ended the Biden-era border crisis and is reimbursing Texas for the costs it carried.
• The Trump Administration has not released a single illegal alien at the border for 15 straight months through July.
• Southern border apprehensions in July were 94% lower than the monthly average under Biden.
• Refugee admissions in the first ten months of this fiscal year are down almost 90% from 2024.