Texas 2026 budget includes $1B for school vouchers, $6.5B for border security
On Wednesday, the Texas House and Texas Senate unveiled their 2026–2027 budgets, signaling key priorities such as property tax cuts, school choice, and border security that Texas lawmakers will ...
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Relations between leaders of Texas Senate, House already off to rocky start
Shortly after Lubbock Republican Rep. Dustin Burrows was elected Texas House speaker, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick questioned the ...
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Texas House, Senate offer first glimpse at how $150B in tax money may be spent
Texas House and Senate budget writers filed the first drafts of the next state budget Wednesday, calling for more than $150 ...
Texas House, Senate offer first glimpse at how $150 billion in tax money may be spent
House Bill 1 proposes $335.7 billion in state and federal spending, including $154.1 billion in general revenue spending.
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State legislative session under way
The first order of business for the session was to elect a new Speaker of the House – a hotly contested struggle, especially ...
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Lubbock’s Burrows, elected Texas House speaker Jan. 14, seeks bipartisan support in new role
Forty-nine of the 62 Democrats ended up supporting Burrows, handing the six-term lawmaker the speaker’s gavel and one of the ...
State Rep. Pat Curry files suit over Courageous Conservatives political tactics
The suit also asks a judge to order the PAC to “cease and desist from political advocacy in the state of Texas” until a ...
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Texas Ethics Commission dismisses complaint against state GOP chair, lawmaker says
Rep. Cody Harris had accused Abraham George of improperly threatening to send mailers and censure lawmakers who backed Rep. Dustin Burrows as House speaker.