Since 2005, state lawmakers have received the agency’s biennial report detailing inefficiencies in government, but this year the report was not made public.
86th Legislative Session
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Analysis: Texas Senate flushed with success
In a session where middle-of-the-road issues like school finance and teacher pay dominate the conversation, the Texas Senate has returned to familiar — and conservative — ground.
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Here’s how different proposals at the Texas Capitol could change property tax bills
How would lawmakers’ proposals to provide property tax relief affect tax bills? It depends on where you live and what kind of home you own.
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After gun activist shows up at lawmakers’ houses, Texas representative declares his “constitutional carry” bill dead
“I refuse to act like it is still a possibility and continue to provide false hope to my constituents,” state Rep. Jonathan Stickland, R-Bedford, said in a statement.
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After 20 years of agitating for property tax reform, can Paul Bettencourt pull it off?
The “Tax Man,” a Republican senator from Houston, has his best chance yet to shake up Texas’ property tax system. But it’s going to be an uphill battle.
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Analysis: Legislative resolve isn’t always what you think it is
Texas lawmakers pass resolutions all the time. They can make the folks back home happy and commemorate people, places and things. And resolutions can serve — as one did for Senate Republicans this week — as a form of political advertising.
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With lack of movement on “constitutional carry” bill, gun rights advocate visits homes of House Speaker Dennis Bonnen, other members
Bonnen called the man’s move “gutless,” according to media reports. The Angleton Republican was in Austin when the man visited his home.
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“That bill has now been poisoned”: Business groups worry priority sick-leave legislation faces uphill battle
Some business groups who thought they had a slam dunk bill on employment benefits are now worried that LGBTQ opposition they tried to prevent could kill one of their priorities.
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Texas environmental chief: There’s still a fire risk at Deer Park facility
Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Executive Director Toby Baker told a special panel of state senators on Thursday that first responders are still actively managing an incident at a Houston-area petrochemical facility that began last month.
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Point of Order: The news about the news
In the latest episode of our podcast about the 86th Legislature, Evan Smith talks to Mike Wilson, editor of The Dallas Morning News, and Debbie Hiott, general manager of Austin public radio station KUT, about the romantic ideal and precarious reality of the Capitol press corps.
