The legislative session has completed its eleventh week.  10 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Senate Passes Property Tax Reduction Measures The Texas Senate unanimously approved several measures that would reduce overall property taxes for homeowners and...

The legislative session has completed its tenth week.  11 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: Bills on Border Protection Legislation related to border protection will continue to be priorities for both Houses this session.  The House package includes two bills that...

  The legislative session has completed its eighth week.  12 weeks to go.  Here’s what’s happening: First Items for Budget Surplus Lawmakers entered the session with a $33 billion surplus on hand for the budget that will be written for the 2024-25 biennium. ...

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 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 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 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 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...

The legislative session is underway, and it has been an eventful week so far.  Here’s what’s happening: Senate Committee Appointments Released On Monday, Lt. Governor Dan Patrick announced Senate committee assignments for the session.  The Senate has 15 standing...

  The legislative session is underway, and it has been an eventful week so far.  Here’s what’s happening: Inauguration On Tuesday, Gov. Abbott and Lt. Governor Patrick were sworn in for their third terms in office.  The ceremony took place on the north side of...

The legislative session is underway, and it has been an eventful week so far.  Here’s what’s happening: House Reelects Phelan as Speaker The legislature gaveled in at noon on Tuesday.  The day was a typical opening day, with the Capitol full of family and constituents...

Happy New Year to everyone.  The start of the regular session is less than a week away and the activity around the Capitol is starting to heat up.  Here’s what’s happening: Tax Incentive Coalition Dead A set of tax incentives – deemed Chapter 313 incentives – was...