Lubbock State Representatives Dustin Burrows and Carl Tepper hosted a joint campaign kickoff event at the American Windmill Museum Tuesday night in Lubbock.
Voters will decide on 14 Texas Constitutional Amendments and whether to use more than $35 million of Lubbock County tax-payer money to construct the new medical examiner’s office.
District 19 Representative Jodey Arrington will not be running for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, promising to support whoever the conference elects on Tuesday.
House Budget Committee resolution, titled “Reverse the Curse,” purports to balance the federal budget with a small surplus and reduce national debt by 2033. The controversial measure includes $16.3 trillion in deficit spending reductions over ten years and assumes rapid, long-term economic growth of up to 5% GDP growth annually.
Mike Dalby, long-time Lubbock resident and chief pilot for 7B Building and Development announced his candidacy for Lubbock County Commissioner, Precinct 1, on Aug. 3.
The Lesser Prairie-Chicken’s population has dropped over recent years, prompting some to call for it to be listed as endangered. The designation would possible come at a cost to the agriculture and oil industry.
The deal would channel $12 billion to reduce the school property tax rate for homeowners and business properties, increase the homestead exemption, and create a pilot program to reduce taxes on certain residential and commercial properties.
Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick and Speaker Dade Phelan today issued a joint statement to announce an agreement on proposed legislation that will deliver the biggest property tax cut in Texas history.
Supporters call the bill ‘unapologetically aspirational," as legislators mark the one-year anniversary of the Dobbs ruling which ended protection for abortion under Roe versus Wade.
Allred was first elected to Congress in 2018 and quickly became a rising Democratic star. Cruz is Texas’ junior senator and unsuccessfully sought the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.
Child advocates are short-staffed and overworked, causing a failed system to suffer even more. They have been asking for a change from lawmakers for years.
Paxton and the four whistleblowers asked the Texas Supreme Court to defer consideration of the case until they can finalize the settlement, after which they’ll move to end the case.
Texas Senate Bill 147 would ban entities from China, North Korea, Iran and Russia from purchasing land in the state. Congressman Arrington says it’s crucial to national security.
In a difficult cycle for Democrats, the race was widely seen as the most competitive statewide election because of Paxton’s laundry list of legal troubles.
