Here’s how Texas may spend $150 billion in tax money
AUSTIN — Texas House and Senate budget writers filed the first drafts of the next state budget Wednesday, calling for more ...
Texas lawmakers race against fundraising blackout to fill campaign coffers
Few things focus the mind of a politician, and political donors, more than a fundraising deadline. For three decades, a ...
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Moderate Republicans, Democrats elect Burrows as speaker
After weeks of Republican infighting and a tumultuous primary season that saw moderates face off against extremists in Texas’ ...
Texas lawmakers focusing on property tax relief, school vouchers in new budget proposals
Top priorities for Republican leaders still include cutting property taxes and funding private school vouchers. In a statement sent out Wednesday, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Senate Bill 1 ensures that ...
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Texas Speaker vote rebuffs Abbott, Patrick
Rep. Dustin Burrows, a Republican from Lubbock, has been elected Speaker of the Texas House after a nasty fight within the ...
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Relations between leaders of Texas Senate, House already off to rocky start
Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick questioned the ...
Texas budget proposals would fund school choice, border security, property tax relief
On Monday, the Texas House of Representatives and Texas Senate released their respective state budget outlines for 2026 and 2027. The House proposal includes $335.7 billion in spending, while the ...
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Texas Senate, House unveil budget proposals, each just over $330 billion
Both proposed budgets earmark $1 billion for a school vouchers program. The Texas Senate and House filed their respective ...
State Rep. Pat Curry files suit over Courageous Conservatives political tactics
The suit also asks a judge to order the PAC to “cease and desist from political advocacy in the state of Texas” until a ...