Proposal aims to reduce scrutiny of school-district tax breaks for companies
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Topic: Taxes
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Governor starts process of signing special session bills into law
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Texas Legislature concludes its third special session with a flurry of bills passed
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Child tax credit brings monthly checks to millions of families
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Your Weekly Briefing: Pay for test scores? And TRS pension bill moves forward as health insurance spikes for active employees
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Ed Sills: The problems with a sales tax hike and why its getting blasted in the media
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Your Weekly Briefing: Education bills moving that would regulate charters; harmful tax caps also in the works
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A salary increase and funding our students needs to move back to the top of the lawmakers’ list!
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Property tax cap bill moves toward full Senate without answers to key questions about loss of local funding
Sen. Juan "Chuy" Hinojosa questions SB 2 author Sen. Paul Bettencourt on why the tax cap should be as low as 2.5 percent. With no additional public testimony, the Senate Committee on Property Tax voted yesterday to advance a bill that will cripple local government budgets, including school districts. SB 2 would cap property tax revenue growth at 2.5 percent,...
Read MoreAs property tax cap hearing starts, the question remains: Where will the money come from?
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Statement on Gov. Abbott’s State of the State speech
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Property tax cap bills announced by state leadership, but how will this affect school finance?
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