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December 11, 2025 3:00 AM
“It’s just not accurate to say we can abolish all property taxes and it’s only going to cost one or two cents in sales tax,” Patrick said, adding Texas could go to nearly 30 cents sales tax if some got their way
Declining
to comment specifically on Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign promise to “eliminate
all property taxes,” a cheerful Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick on Tuesday rolled
out a three-part plan of his own that he said the state can afford and would
offer tangible relief to taxpayers.
Patrick’s
plan, including a previously “top secret” element he called “Operation
Double Nickel,” was devised earlier in the year, he said. Patrick’s decided to unveil the outline of his own proposal
now just as Abbott has begun promoting his signature plan to “eliminate” all
ISD taxes for homeowners by using “surplus” revenue to buy down those taxes
through compression. Abbott’s plan irresponsibly assumes Texas will always enjoy
budget surpluses no matter what happens with the economy.
But hey,
it’s campaign season.
Patrick
stressed that he wants to collaborate with the governor and spent some of the
afternoon explaining why his plan would be better than what’s in place now.
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December 10, 2025 10:15 AM
Rep. Christina Morales will chair the Texas House Democratic Campaign Committee
National
Democrats are adding the Texas House as one of the legislative
chambers where the minority party aims to "build power" in the 2026
elections.
Now y’all
know that realistically, flipping 14 seats in the House sounds like a particularly
tall order, especially when you consider that Republicans were only able to
flip a couple seats in the chamber during a historically bad election cycle for
Democrats in 2024. In short, the Texas House map approved in 2021 has so far proven
to be an effective incumbent protection program for members of both parties. But
even if Democrats can’t win a majority, it’s fair to
point out that competitive general elections in Texas have previously created
an environment more conducive to collaborative governance in the Texas House.
And in
what could be a wave election, Democrats are buying surfboards.
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December 10, 2025 10:06 AM
"The first casualty in any political campaign is the truth - it doesn't matter what they (Republicans) have on her." On Spectrum News Capital Tonight, host James Barragan and QR publisher Harvey Kronberg broke down the situation as the dust settles from candidate filing
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December 9, 2025 10:52 PM
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December 8, 2025 5:30 PM
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December 8, 2025 8:41 AM
He was 89. His funeral will be held at First Presbyterian Church in Mount Pleasant on Wednesday, December 10th, 2:00 pm, with a burial to follow at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin on Thursday, December 11th, at 2:00 pm
The obituary
for former Lt. Gov. Bill Ratfliff can be
downloaded here.
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December 8, 2025 8:18 AM
Allred announced this morning he is instead running for the newly drawn CD 33, pitting him against Rep. Julie Johnson in the primary
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December 7, 2025 1:59 PM
Announcent is expected tomorrow on the filing deadline
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December 7, 2025 1:58 PM
He's got more than enough signatures to qualify for the ballot, apparently
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December 4, 2025 6:06 PM
Senate Redistricting Chair King says “Common sense and the rule of law prevails” while observers of decades' worth of redistricting battles in Austin said the nation’s highest court is “condoning the use of Congressional district lines found by the federal courts to be racially discriminating"
With
filing deadline for candidates rapidly approaching, the United States
Supreme Court on Thursday night allowed Texas to move ahead with newly
drawn congressional districts designed to yield an additional five GOP seats in
Washington.
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December 4, 2025 3:27 PM
"Texas voters oppose closing primaries, and a strong majority oppose losing the ability to choose which party's primary they would like to participate in," said veteran GOP pollster Chris Perkins
The overwhelming
majority of Texans polled in a new survey say that not only do they support the
current open primary system, but they also adamantly oppose a move to take away
their freedom to choose which party’s primary to participate in on the day they
go to their voting location.
News of
the poll this week comes as the Republican Party of Texas is
teamed up with AG Ken Paxton against Secretary of State Jane Nelson in
court over this.
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