Kathy Walt
Kathy Walt
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The state's hiring of a bipartisan lobby team helped us secure $5 billion in additional federal funding for Texas.
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Once again, we're saying here are these people in your community, and here's their criminal history. Beyond that, we have no jurisdiction to place them on supervision in Texas.
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It's way too early to determine the long-term impact, financial or otherwise.
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The intent certainly is that people whose taxes are frozen would see the same level of property tax deductions.
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They are going to start issuing debit cards, $2,000 per adult, today (Wednesday) at the Astrodome.
per start today
They are going to start issuing debit cards, $2,000 per adult, today at the Astrodome.
last priorities remain
They were priorities last June, and they remain priorities today.
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We felt very strongly that we needed a more bipartisan approach.
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We certainly have been monitoring it at the governor's level and it is a concern, just as an increase in violence in the adult prison system would be a concern.
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With his Hollywood looks, he was typecast to play the governor of the great state of Texas,
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As the governor has said, once he has a bill or bills on his desk that substantially reduce property taxes and reform the business franchise tax, he'll open the call to other issues.
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This is still a legal matter and I think it would be the wrong time for the governor to weigh in. Let's let the legal system work.
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Once there is a bill on his desk addressing that, he's willing to open it to other issues.
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The state is not going to restrict their First Amendment rights, just as we don't restrict the political giving of thousands of people who contract with the state of Texas.