Texas Legislature
After two special sessions and more than a few proverbial shots fired from both chambers of the Texas Legislature, Republican lawmakers reached an agreement Monday to provide property tax relief. The Texas Tribune broke the news Monday morning: The $18 billion compromise between the Texas House and Senate — which includes more than $5 billion…
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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott promised voters a property tax cut and his latest action appears to send a clear message that the legislative session won’t end until he gets one. Abbott called another special session Tuesday, less than two hours after the House and Senate failed to reach an agreement on how to distribute $17.6…
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In a swift special session Tuesday, the Texas House of Representatives gave their counterparts in the Senate an option: take their proposal to use $12.3 billion to reduce school property taxes statewide or nothing passes this session. The move — hailed as the biggest property tax relief plan in Texas history — came just hours…
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Gov. Greg Abbott announced late Monday evening that the Texas Legislature will convene for a special session, and a No. 1 priority is to “cut property taxes for hardworking Texans.” As he was sworn into his third term in January, Abbott promised to use a big chunk of the state’s $33 billion surplus to cut…
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Lawmakers have long expressed concern about the Lone Star State’s dwindling water supply and low per-capita state park acreage. However, one Rockwall state representative hopes to do something about it. District 33 State Rep. Justin Holland (R-Rockwall) filed a bill March 1 to pull $2 billion from the state’s $27 billion surplus to provide water resources…
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