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Session is starting to heat up in Austin – the budget has been filed, committees have been appointed in the Senate, and our first hearings are scheduled. We hit the ground running this year and are prepared to accomplish as much as we can in the short time we have.
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L e g i s l a t i v e b u d g e t writers are proposing nearly $ 5 billion to increase teacher pay and $ 1 billion to implement a school voucher program in the next biennium, the Austin A m e r i c a n - S t a t e s m a n reported.
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The Legislature begins its work creating a state budget for the next two years with slightly less revenue available than it had during the previous biennium.
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The Texas Senate’s chief budget writer said state agencies and higher-education institutions have requested nearly $ 25 billion in funding as the legislative session gets underway. State Sen. Joan Huffman, R- Houston, told The Dallas Morning News the requests for new money reflect the growing functions and purposes of state agencies that serve the public.
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The 89th Texas legislative session begins Jan. 14 with a still- unresolved race for speaker of the House of Representatives.
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Drivers will no longer be required to get annual safety inspections beginning Jan. 1, the Texas Standard reported. However, drivers in the state’s 17 most populous counties will still be required to get an emissions test in order to register their vehicles.
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The Texas Health and Human Services Commission is seeking a $300 million transfusion of funds to bolster the state’s Medicaid application process, The Texas Tribune reported.
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