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February 13, 2025 2:50 PM
The team that brought Burrows to power includes the “baby chairmen” from 2019 along with the old guard under Speaker Straus; placing agitators in some key spots amounts to rewarding bad behavior
In
the days and evenings to come, plenty will be written and said –the truly provocative
and insightful comments will be made at Austin bars – about the new Texas
House committee assignments.
So,
let’s start the public conversation about it with this: It’s not the worst thing in
the world when Texas Capitol rumors turn out to largely be true. With
some exceptions, the rumblings of the last few weeks were mostly borne out by
the committee assignments announced on the Texas House floor Thursday.
The
chairmanships reflect some continuity with the Speakerships of Dennis Bonnen
and Dade Phelan. But they also tap the experience of more senior
Republicans who were partially pushed out when Bonnen rose to power in 2019 in
favor of the “baby chairmen” that year including Chair Jeff Leach and
Speaker Dustin Burrows himself.
There
are already outsiders complaining about which Republicans will hold gavels but keeping
the leadership team at least partially intact is something that members undoubtedly
voted for when they chose Burrows over Rep. David Cook as their
presiding officer.
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By Scott Braddock
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February 13, 2025 9:44 AM
Here
they are by
committee.
Here
they are by
member.
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February 12, 2025 2:30 PM
“The thing we’re trying to get people to understand is it’s not mom-and-pop shops and homeowners suing the appraisal districts, it’s the large corporations.”
Nothing
sounds sweeter to legislators and their constituents alike than property tax
relief.
Come tax
season, property owners regularly contest their property’s value. Whether
working or wealthy families’ small businesses and even large corporations, all
have have two routes: the market value appeal and
“equal and uniform” appeal.
But some
in the last few legislative sessions including appraisers and other reform
advocates have argued that large commercial property owners have an unfair
advantage and are costing billions of dollars of extra revenue.
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By James Russell
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February 12, 2025 2:19 PM
It's HJR 134. The Sports Betting Alliance points to data showing it "could generate a projected $363 million annually in direct tax revenue for the state – revenue that could help lower property taxes and fund crucial public services such as education, healthcare and infrastructure."
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