Texas Senate Sends Major Property Tax Relief Measures to Governor Abbott
Rep. Pat Fallon: "America condemns the barbaric act of terror perpetrated today in Boulder, CO. Let us all keep the victims and their families in our prayers."
Rep. Keith Self: "Praying for the victims of the horrific terrorist attack in Boulder, Colorado. Antisemitism and acts of violence against the Jewish community are vile and have no place in America."
Rep. Beth Van Duyne: "I encourage every level of law enforcement to coordinate their operations with ICE through 287(g). As an Irving city council member and later as Mayor, we engaged Irving PD with ICE to apprehend and deport criminal aliens. The relationship was an enormous success; we helped deport thousands of criminal aliens and Irving became the 5th safest city in the United States."
Rep. Brandon Gill: "Political and religious violence - particularly when it embraces the ideology of foreign terrorist organizations like Hamas - is incompatible with America's constitutional order."
Texas Senate Sends Major Property Tax Relief Measures to Governor Abbott — By Texas Politics' Raeylee Barefield — Texas homeowners could see hundreds of savings on their annual property tax bills after the Texas Senate unanimously approved amendments to two key tax relief bills. Senate Bills 4 and 23, authored by Senator Paul Bettencourt (R), raise the state’s homestead exemption and now await Governor Greg Abbott’s (R) signature.
Texas Democrats Issue Lukewarm Response to School Funding Bill — By Texas Politics' Daniel Molina — Texas House Democrats are cautiously praising House Bill 2 (HB2), a school finance bill that allocates $8.5 billion to public schools. Though the bill provides a long-awaited funding boost, Democratic lawmakers argue it falls short of addressing Texas’ school funding crisis.
Texas House Rejects Paxton's Call to Prosecute Voter Fraud — By Texas Politics' Daniel Molina — Texas House members have rejected Attorney General Ken Paxton’s (R) push to immediately adopt a Senate revision of House Bill 5138, a measure aimed at expanding the attorney general’s authority to prosecute election crimes.
US Returns to Embassy in Syria After 13-Year Hiatus — By Texas Politics' Mateo Guillamont — The US is restarting diplomatic operations in its embassy in Damascus, Syria, as relations between Syria’s interim government and the US improve.
Texas Senate Sends Major Property Tax Relief Measures to Governor Abbott — By Texas Politics' Raeylee Barefield
Texas overpass collapse caught on camera — By KHOU
LONESTAR is written by Javier Manjarres and Daniel Molina
