Medina’s clothes, Shami’s plan and Perry’s enterprise woes
About Medina’s campaign-funded clothes… Republican gubernatorial candidate Debra Medina is defending her use of campaign funds to pay for her clothes and shoes that she wears on the campaign trail. In...
View ArticleWilliams’ surprise plan would tap Rainy Day Fund for $6B
The legislature refused to tap into the state’s Rainy Day fund two years ago when the state faced a $27 billion shortfall, but a proposal unanimously passed the Senate Finance Committee Thursday...
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Plan to divert some oil tax money to roads has support
A bulldozer breaks up old concrete barriers to be recycled near the new exit ramp to Ella Road along Loop 610 in Houston. Photo: Karen Warren / Houston Chronicle Members of the Senate Finance...
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Senate stands by its highway funding plan
A funding solution for Texas highways on Friday reached the critical fork in the road, when state senators stood firm on their plan to shift $800 million to transportation spending. Sen. Robert Nichols...
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Road funding hits a bump, as rumors swirl of third special session
There’s been little word from lawmakers huddling to find middle ground on how to increase transportation funding in Texas, and with a session deadline looming talk of a third special session started...
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House vote spikes transportation funding compromise
A compromise plan to spend $848 million on Texas highways just landed in a ditch. House members voted down a plan to split oil and gas production money between the state’s economic stabilization fund...
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