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Straus says it’s too early to predict whether Lege will cut taxes, hoard...
comments ()Speaker Joe Straus acknowledges applause after his election to a third term as House speaker on Tuesday, as wife Julie, left, and daughter Sara look on. (Louis DeLuca/Staff...
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Political scientist: Tax cut talk by Perry is ‘win-win situation’
comments ()Rice University political scientist Mark Jones Last week’s push by Gov. Rick … [visit site to read more]
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Perry’s online poll on tax cuts uses mismatched numbers
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Carona a ‘probably not’ on tax cuts: ‘You have to pay for it’
State Sen. John Carona, R-Dallas Stateline, an online news service of the Pew Charitable Trusts, disseminated a visit site to read more]
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry endorses broader business tax cut
Gov. Rick Perry speaks at last month's Texas Faith and Family Day Rally at the Capitol in Austin (AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Deborah Cannon) Gov. Rick Perry has endorsed a … [visit site to...
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House backs tax credits for businesses’ R&D costs
Rep. Jim Murphy, R-Houston Texas would reinstate a business-franchise tax credit for research and development, which lawmakers repealed seven years ago, under a bill the House tentatively approved...
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Williams: No vote to bust spending cap needed
Senate Finance Committee Chairman Tommy Williams, R-The Woodlands Sen. Tommy Williams, the Texas Senate’s top budget negotiator, says there … [visit site to read more]
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Clearance at Big Lots: tax cuts going, going, gone
Sen. Robert Duncan, R-Lubbock (2009 photo by Harry Cabluck/AP) Update at 3:15 p.m.: I’ve corrected the fiscal note number Duncan … [visit site to read more]
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Business tax cuts bill headed for conference committee fight
Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville (on left) (2005 AP Photo/Thomas Terry) The House’s chief tax policy writer said Wednesday that he will resist Senate changes to a bill cutting the...
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Hilderbran: Deal on business-franchise tax cuts boosts tax relief package to...
Rep. Harvey Hilderbran, R-Kerrville (on left) (2005 AP Photo/Thomas Terry) The Legislature is on track to cut taxes by nearly $1.4 billion over the next two years, with just over half of it in the...
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Influential Austin policy shop urges sales tax relief, more spending cuts
(Courtesy)Chuck DeVore, vice president of policy, Texas Public Policy Foundation An influential conservative think tank says it wants to help Texas … [visit site to read more]
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State sales tax receipts grew by 8.5 percent in May
(AP Photo/Eric Gay)Comptroller Susan Combs, shown rendering her last revenue estimate at the start of last year's legislative session The state collected … [visit site to read more]
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Nelson: Franchise-tax cut for business will last another year CORRECTED
(Michael Ainsworth/The Dallas Morning News)Senate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, shown at a Dallas-area GOP event with Lt. Gov. David Dewhurst in February.visit site to read...
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Combs: Sales tax keeps outpacing projections
(AP Photo/Eric Gay)Comptroller Susan Combs, shown giving her biennial revenue estimate early last year. Texas’ economy sizzled last month, adding more sales … [visit site to read more]
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Patrick, Van de Putte air attack ads as lieutenant governor race intensifies
(Pool photo by AP's Eric Gay)Lieutenant governor hopefuls state Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, left, and state Sen. Leticia Van de Putte, D-San Antonio, right, shake hands following their televised...
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Who’s advising Abbott on budget, policy stuff? John Colyandro, for one
Greg Abbott More than a year ago, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott, the Republican heir apparent for governor, started posting policy … [visit site to read more]
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Abbott says Texas needs more research universities, though plan to get there...
(AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Texas Gov.-elect Greg Abbott, center, speaks to member of the media following a meeting with President Barack Obama and newly elected governors at the White House on...
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Senate’s starting point budget heavy on tax cuts, roads, border security
2009 AP Photo/Harry CabluckSenate Finance Committee Chairwoman Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, is touting the still-forming tax relief and increased highway spending in the Senate's initial version of...
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Some senators not so gung-ho for tax cuts
Ralph Barrera/Austin American-StatesmanState Sens. Kevin Eltife, left, and Jane Nelson, right, confer with colleagues near the end of the 2011 legislative session. Sen. John Whitmire, seated, is at...
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Senators offer a $240 tax break for average homeowner, tax cuts for business...
AP Photo/Austin American-Statesman, Ricardo B. BrazziellLt. Gov. Dan Patrick, shown at a Capitol press conference last month. Update at 2:06 p.m.: Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, … [visit site to...
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