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A Texas sales tax increase would hit poor people the hardest
Texas’ Republican leadership wants to raise the taxes that consumers pay when they go shopping in order to lower the taxes that homeowners and...
Senate's property tax reform plan gets Senate vote after 2 months of no movement
Pictured: Sen. Kel Seliger holding the Senate Rules book during debate on SB 2
After two months of being stalled following passage from the newly-created...
Is Texas leading on disaster preparedness? Yes and no, experts say
More than a year and a half after Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas, killing dozens, the state is still waiting on billions in federal...
Texans’ Civil Rights in Jeopardy
An effort to deter voter fraud, the Texas Senate voted 19 to 12 in favor of anti-voter bill SB 9.
Filed by Sen. Bryan Hughes...
"We're all afraid to go to school": After Santa Fe, Texas seeks to make...
Students at Westwood High School describe the threat of school shootings as a "constant fear." Last May, at Santa Fe High School, near Houston,...
Dan Patrick threatens to use "nuclear option" to skirt Senate tradition and bring property...
Faced with a stalemate on his priority property tax proposal, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said Friday that if no deal materializes over the weekend,...
For many Texas teachers, health insurance premiums are huge — but so are the...
In the past, Becky Amason rarely worried about making a trip to the doctor’s office — she was covered by her husband’s health insurance...
Property Tax Reform Proposals Stall — For Now — As Top Texas Lawmakers Scramble...
Thursday was scheduled to be property tax day in the Texas House. Then it was rumored to be property tax day in the Texas...
Thousands of disadvantaged Texas children dropped from Medicaid
According to a report by Georgetown University’s Center for Children and Families, an estimated 835,000 Texas children went without health insurance in 2017, an...
$248 Billion Budget Passes Out of Senate
AUSTIN, TX - The Texas Senate resoundingly passed a $248 billion budget Tuesday after nearly 3 hours of civil discussion, compared to the 11...
