texas house of representatives

Texas, Elon Musk and school choice

Elon Musk, Ted Cruz call for Texas House to pass school choice bill

Ted Cruz and Elon Musk are joining a growing number of people in Washington with eyes on the Texas lawmakers as school choice moves through the Texas House.

Austin American-Statesman on M… · 1d

In candy heart note, Texas House speaker promises Elon Musk 'WE WILL' pass school vouchers

In a cheeky Valentine's Day message on X, Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows doubled down on his commitment to pass school vouchers in the state.

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Elon Musk urges the Texas Legislature to pass private school vouchers

Elon Musk urged Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows to advance a bill that would subsidize private schools with public dollars.

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Musk, Cruz, Trump: Republicans pressure Texas House to pass school choice plan

After the Texas Senate approved its priority legislation to allocate taxpayer money toward private education, the spotlight turns toward the Texas House of Repr

Texas, Senate and tax cut

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Texas Senate advances bill to boost homestead exemption, cutting property taxes for homeowners

Senate Bill 4 would allow the state to set the homestead exemption on school district taxes at 140,000 of value.

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'Texas-sized' relief: Senate passes $22.7 billion school property tax cut package

If the Legislature approves SB 4, Texas voters would have to approve the amendment to the state Constitution to make the tax cut permanent.

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Senate's property tax bill changed in House from statewide to local approach

The Wyoming House of Representatives has amended a hotly debated bill that would have applied a 50% cut to homeowners’ property taxes statewide to instead give it a

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Texas House committee assignments extend power of experienced GOP leaders

Republicans chair all committees, as promised, while Democrats will lead half of the newly created subcommittees.

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This bill filed in the Texas House could undo last year’s change to TAD reappraisal plan

The Tarrant Appraisal District moved to reappraise county property values every other year in July 2024. This North Texas ...

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Speaker Burrows Remodels Texas House with All-Republican Chairs

The new leader of the lower chamber finally announced committee assignments, formalizing a new order in the lower chamber.

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'Shaping statewide policy': Texas House Speaker Dustin Burrows appoints committees

Many of the top assignments went to allies of new House Speaker Dustin Burrows. But a few also went to his critics.

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Draft state budgets show no increase for basic allotment funding

BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) - Filed budgets from the Texas House of Representatives and Senate do not propose increasing the basic allotment funding for public school districts. The basic allotment is the ...

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Dean, Hefner appointed as chairs of Texas House committees

Rep. Jay Dean, R-Longview, was appointed as chairman of the House Committee on Insurance. And Rep. Cole Hefner, R-Mount ...

The Facts6d

Haller's role in Brazoria County, Texas history noteworthy

Nathan H. Haller was living in Brazoria not too far from West Columbia when he won a seat in the Texas House of ...

The Victoria Advocate6d

Louderback brims with enthusiasm about Texas’ future

AJ Louderback’s decades of experience as a law enforcement officer has begun to pay off handsomely in his first month as the ...

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