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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.
A plan to enact the most substantive overhaul of Texas’ broken and skyrocketing property tax system may have the votes necessary to pass in the Texas House. At public campaign events in East Texas this week, Governor Greg Abbott announced he has commitments from more...
The Texas Lottery has been riddled with scandal and corruption for more than three decades. The Texas Lottery Commission and its former Executive Director now face first-degree felony charges in court this week in the next step towards accountability for taxpayers....
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