Finance Committee begins Budget Hearings

Finance Committee begins Budget Hearings

Jan 31, 2025

By Richard Lee/ Special to East Texas Review The Senate Finance Committee on Monday began the first in what will be weeks’ worth of hearings on the budget for the 2026-2027 biennium. Chair and Houston Senator Joan Huffman unveiled the base proposal last

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Senate Advances School Safety Bill

Senate Advances School Safety Bill

Dec 4, 2023

Governor Greg Abbott said he would veto any school finance legislation that did not contain school choice provisions. By Richard Lee/Special to ETR The Senate approved a bill on Friday that would allocate hundreds of millions of state dollars to help school districts

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Texas Senate Approves $1.5B More Border Wall Funding

Texas Senate Approves $1.5B More Border Wall Funding

Nov 1, 2023

By Richard Lee After approving more than $5 billion for state border security efforts in the regular session, the Senate added another $1.5 billion in Tuesday’s session, almost all of which is earmarked for building more miles of the permanent wall between Texas

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