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Perhaps the most hotly debated bill of the session thus far is House Bill 3, a proposal by State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) to expand the executive authority of the governor during a pandemic.
In a hearing over the legislation in the House Committee on State Affairs, Burrows faced some tough questions from State Rep. John Smithee (R-Amarillo) regarding the constitutionality of his bill and the Texas Disaster Act in general.
On September 30, Comptroller Don Huffines continued the implementation of his Taxpayer First Project with the signing of an executive order1 aimed at a tax Texans never voted for: sales tax on the fee a seller, a restaurant, or a gig worker pays a platform, stacked on...
The Texas Ethics Commission (TEC), an eight-member board appointed by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, and Speaker of the House, is scheduled to meet Wednesday, September 23 in Capitol Extension Room E1.014 to consider amendments to Chapter 50 of its rules on...
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