Texas Legislature

Will Dallas Add Legalized Gambling, Casinos to Its 2025 Texas Legislative Priorities? 

By April Towery / January 29, 2024 /

Dallas leaders began a preliminary discussion last week on what it would look like locally if gambling, casinos, and game rooms were legalized during the 2025 Texas legislative session.  District 1 Councilman Chad West, who chairs the Government Performance and Financial Management Committee, said the matter isn’t currently listed among Dallas’ legislative priorities but he…

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Is Mark Cuban Betting on Legalized Gambling? New Mavs Owners Buy Land in Irving, Dallas

By April Towery / January 9, 2024 /

Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban recently sold a majority stake in his professional hoops team to the Dumont and Adelson families. The prominent casino magnates and owners of Las Vegas Sands Corp. purchased 100 acres northeast of the demolished Texas Stadium in Irving last July.  It doesn’t take Woodward and Bernstein to crack this case. …

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New Laws Effective Jan. 1 Include HOA Fines, Building Permit Fees, and Tax Appraisal Databases

By April Towery / January 3, 2024 /

Tighter guardrails for homeowners’ associations, periodic reauthorization of municipal building permit fees, and the creation and maintenance of tax appraisal databases for each jurisdiction are among the new laws that became effective Jan. 1.  While the Texas Legislature doesn’t return to session until January 2025, that doesn’t mean lawmakers get to take a year off.…

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Property Tax Relief Among 14 Propositions on Nov. 7 Texas Ballot

By April Towery / October 5, 2023 /

When Texas lawmakers announced in August that the House and Senate finally reached an agreement on the largest property tax cut in Texas history — to the tune of $18 billion — residents of the Lone Star State weren’t quite ready to do a victory dance.  Perhaps that’s because they knew they’d still have to…

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Dallas Builders Association Says These Four New Laws Make Construction More Efficient And Affordable

By April Towery / September 6, 2023 /

If the City of Dallas has a backlog, should developers be able to hire their own inspector to review building permits? David Lehde, Dallas Builders Association director of government affairs, says he supports the city’s Development Services Department in its efforts to expedite permits, but new state legislation allowing developers to take matters into their…

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