The governor stands behind his support of the Texas House tax plan despite Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick’s insistence that the Senate has a better deal for homeowners.
The end of House Bill 100 shuts down talk of school voucher programs, but it also means no additional funds to pay for teacher raises or balance their budgets.
Texas has more than 7,000 water systems. A fraction of them self-reported that they lost 30 billion gallons of water due to broken pipes and leaks in 2021.