Supporters want to send a clear message about Texas’ business-friendly environment. Others think it’s already hard enough to get such a tax passed, and future generations should be able to decide for themselves.
Davis Rich
Davis Rich was a 2019 reporting fellow. A graduate of Northwestern University, he was co-editor-in-chief of Inside NU, SB Nation’s Northwestern website. Davis interned at the Half Moon Bay Review and the Medill Justice Project, where he worked on a story about juveniles sentenced to life in prison without parole, published by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He also won a regional Mark of Excellence Award from the Society of Professional Journalists.
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Local Texas officials balk at animus toward cities, plans for sales tax cuts in legislators’ secretly recorded meeting
The recording revealed that top Republican lawmakers wanted the 2019 session to be painful for cities and counties — and 2021 to be even worse.
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Environment
Imelda victims will receive federal assistance after disaster declaration
Nearly 900 homes sustained major damage or were destroyed and uninsured in six affected counties, according to a preliminary assessment.
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Homeless in Texas
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to intervene in Austin’s “homelessness crisis”
Abbott’s office lamented reports of “violence, used needles, and feces littering the streets of Austin and endangering Texas residents.”
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Travis County judge apologizes for saying Gov. Greg Abbott “hates trees because one fell on him”
Abbott has been paralyzed from the waist down since 1984, when a tree crashed down on him while he was jogging.
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The 2019 Texas Tribune Festival
Anthony Scaramucci says he’s not running for president, and that Nancy Pelosi is a patriot
The former White House communications director said President Donald Trump should “stand down” in the 2020 election.
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Environment
Texans still don’t know if they qualify for FEMA aid after Imelda. But some say the potential help may not be worth the wait.
For people affected by Imelda to get FEMA aid, there have to be at least 800 flooded homes that weren’t insured — and it could be weeks before Texans know if that threshold is met.
