The Latest | March 3, 2023

The legislative session has completed its seventh week.  13 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Proposal to Reduce Sales Tax With lawmakers having the luxury a $35 billion budget surplus, they are looking for ways to make use of the surplus funds.  Property tax...

The Latest | February 24, 2023

The legislative session has completed its sixth week.  14 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Abbott Prioritizes Education Vouchers Gov. Abbott is making parental choice one of his top priorities for the legislative session. In a series of recent appearances and...

The Latest | February 17, 2023

The legislative session has completed its sixth week.  14 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Abbott Gives State of the State Address Gov. Abbott gave his biennial State of the State address from San Marcos last night at Noveon Magnetics.  Giving the speech away...

The Latest | February 13, 2023

The legislative session has completed its fifth week.  14 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: House Committee Assignments Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, a Republican from Orange, announced the committee assignments for House members yesterday.  Phlean had been...

The Latest | February 3, 2023

The legislative session has completed its fourth week.  15 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening:   Winter Weather Affects Session As of this morning, more than 300,000 customers statewide were still without power, roughly half of those are in the Austin area.  Three...