The Texas Lyceum recently hosted a State Government Forum on Texas & COVID-19, with State Rep. Dade Phelan, Vilma Luna, State Rep. Four Price for Texas, and State Senator (ret.) Kirk Watson. Take a look here.
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
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
The Texas Land Developers Association enjoyed its best session ever this year. After years of “unscrupulous-developer” being one word, the TLDA led the way in several key bills protecting property rights, promoting business, and preserving the Department of Savings & … Read More
Good news first: Wrap bill looks liken its going to pass. More good news: Last week’s committee hearings went well. Thank you to those who came to testify. Coming up: Senate Bill 2370 by Hughes, related to the procedure for … Read More
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
On Wednesday, February 6, the Senate Committee on Property Tax, chaired by Sen. Paul Bettenourt, will take up Senate Bill 2, the property tax bill, beginning at 12:30 p.m. Public testimony will be taken until 3 p.m.
Speaker of the House Dennis Bonnen today released the committees and chairmanships for the 86th Legislature. You can see the full committee appointments here. Senate committee assignments were previously released by Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and can be found … Read More
From our Media Partners at the Texas Tribune: Greg Abbott sailed to re-election with a double-digit margin, easily besting his Democratic challenger, former Dallas County Sheriff Lupe Valdez, with 56 percent of the vote to her 43. But lower on … Read More
Please join us in San Antonio on Monday, November 26, at 6 p.m. to meet our new State Senator Pete Flores, representing Senate District 19 from San Antonio into the Big Bend area, along the border. Senator Flores was elected … Read More