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Congress may be coming for your IRA
For those of you who use property in your IRA’s, these two articles from the Wall Street Journal may be of interest. Click here and here. Premium content…
Texas Monthly names the Best & Worst for 2019
Following every legislative session, our friends at Texas Monthly publish their much anticipated list of the session’s best and worst legislators. Click here to read their take on the 86th Session. Premium content…
TribTalk: The 2019 Texas House, from right to left
The Texas Legislature’s 2019 regular session is over, the votes on bills have been cast, and we have everything we need to rank Texas House members along the political spectrum from red to blue. Political scientists have for decades used … Read More
Austin Business Journal: Shot clock’ bill resets development review time
Shot clock’ bill resets development review time As Austin city leaders had their attention focused on the 3.5 percent tax cap that moved through the Texas Legislature, legislators were busy approving a bill that could have a serious impact … Read More
The Good, the Bad & the Ugly: 86th Legislative Recap
The Legislature adjourned sine die (not another day) one month ago, and the veto period for Gov. Abbott has come and gone. It was one of the busiest sessions and yet fewer bills passed than have passed since the late … Read More
The Living & the Dead
Budget HB 1: Sent to Abbott on May 26 The state’s two-year budget plan calls for spending roughly $250 billion on priorities including public school funding, teacher salaries and early childhood intervention programs. Read more Property tax reform SB 2: Sent to Abbott on May … Read More
Property Tax Debate
From today’s “The Brief” on The Texas Tribune: Roughly three weeks ago, top GOP leaders unveiled their vision for a property tax reform proposal. But now, as yours truly and the Tribune’s Emma Platoff reports, few of those same leaders … Read More
How the government abused eminent domain the last time it built a border fence in Texas
More from the Texas Tribune: As the president declares a national emergency to get more money for a border barrier, it’s worth taking a look back at what happened last time the government took private land along the Rio Grande. … Read More
As debate rages on border wall funding, construction is already beginning
As expected, President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he’s declaring a national emergency over constructing his long-promised border wall. Meanwhile, federal contractors have already started to clear land for what’s seen as the first phase of that border barrier … Read More
Last week’s Legislative recap…property taxes and other news you can use
Texas Secretary of State has finally apologized for issuing a premature press release saying 96,000 Texas voters were registered illegally. However, The Texas Tribune reports that though he regrets the way in which he launched the review, he still intends to … Read More