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Casino and sports betting companies press for a win in Texas despite Senate opposition
With plenty of patience and money, the industry is extending its multi-year campaign to bring legal casinos and sports ...
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As Texas gets redder, John Cornyn could face toughest primary season of his career
Attorney General Ken Paxton, who has hinted at a possible run, has more support than the four-term senator among Republicans, ...
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Pres. Donald Trump praises Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, Texas Senate on passing SB2
President Donald Trump praised the efforts of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in the Texas Senate's passing of SB2, which would create ...
Texas Senate proposes increasing the homestead exemption to $140k
Last session, Texas lawmakers provided the largest property tax cut in the state's history by increasing the homestead ...
Texas Senate panel approves $140,000 property tax homestead exemption
Proposals to cut property taxes by raising the Texas homestead exemption to $140,000 cleared a key hurdle Tuesday when a bipartisan committee voted unanimously to approve and send two bills to the ...
Texas Senate committee quickly ushers school voucher bill, full chamber consideration next
After hours of testimony Tuesday, the Senate Committee on Education advanced Senate Bill 2, a school voucher bill, setting it ...
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More Texas tax relief ahead? SB 4 to add onto historic property tax relief
Texas Senator Paul Bettencourt announced on Friday he's filed a bill in an effort to increase the residence homestead ...
GOP senators fall in line behind Trump’s nominees, even the contentious ones
Efforts by conservatives to pressure Republican senators to support Trump’s Cabinet nominees have largely been successful so ...
Texas Senate proposes another round of historic property tax cuts with bipartisan support
Texas homeowners could soon see even more property tax relief as a historic exemption is proposed in the Texas Senate this ...
Paxton weighs Cornyn challenge as Texas GOP rift deepens
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) is weighing a primary challenge to Sen. John Cornyn (R) in what could be the next ...
Who else is going to retire from the Senate?
Michigan Democrat Gary Peters won’t be the only senator to retire this cycle, at least according to almost a century of ...
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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick says Texas Senate will pass bill providing tax dollars for students to attend private school
From the Senate, the bill will head to the Texas House, which killed similar ... He said the $1 billion school choice bill won't take away funding for public schools. It comes from general funds ...