The Comptroller encourages all taxpayers to continue practicing social distancing and support Texas businesses while saving money on tax-free purchases of most clothing, footwear, school supplies and …
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CONTRIBUTED REPORT
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8/6/21
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Texas nurse Jenna Price gets half a dozen solicitations a day from hospitals and staffing agencies that want to pay her four times her current salary to leave her job at a suburban Central Texas …
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By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
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8/6/21
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The order has been drawn for eight proposed amendments to the much-amended Texas Constitution that will appear on the Nov. 2 ballot. The proposed amendments were approved by at least two thirds of …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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8/2/21
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When Terry Scoggin left work at Titus Regional Medical Center in Mount Pleasant on Tuesday evening, there were five patients at the facility being treated for COVID.
Overnight, six more people …
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By Karen Brooks Harper, The Texas Tribune
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8/2/21
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Texas Republicans in Congress took on Texas House Democrats on Thursday in a tense, four-hour congressional subcommittee meeting that drilled into the technicalities of voter restriction bills …
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By Farah Eltohamy, The Texas Tribune
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8/1/21
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WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee was arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday for engaging in civil disobedience in support of a federal voting rights bill.
“Yes I engaged in …
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By Abby Livingston, The Texas Tribune
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7/31/21
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A Democratic candidate campaigning on his military experience for a Houston-area congressional seat was kicked out of the Air Force over a drunken fight with a fellow service member.
The …
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By Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune
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7/28/21
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The Texas Workforce Commission released June employment figures that showed Texas employers added nearly 56,000 jobs in June, while the unemployment rate dropped to 6.5%.
“The Texas economy …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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7/26/21
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Texas electricity regulators told the public Thursday that their electricity should likely stay on through the rest of the summer and that the state’s main power grid is in good enough shape to …
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By Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune
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7/23/21
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A state eviction diversion program launched in response to the COVID-19 pandemic has been extended, according to a new emergency order from the Texas Supreme Court released on Monday.
The …
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By Allyson Waller, The Texas Tribune
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7/22/21
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Nearly 60 Texas House Democrats left the state last Monday for Washington, D.C. in an effort to stop passage of a Republican-led elections bill. This in effect blocks all legislation since the House …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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7/20/21
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The Board of Directors of the U.S. Rice Producers Association has named Marcela Garcia as the new president and CEO of the organization, replacing Dwight Roberts who’s tenure ends Aug. 1. …
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By R. Hans Miller, News Editor
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7/20/21
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Prince Hayward was 6 or 7 years old the first time he spent the night on an office floor.
Hayward was ushered into a common area, and a caseworker fished out a mat for him to sleep on. His parents …
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By Reese Oxner and Neelam Bohra, The Texas Tribune
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7/20/21
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Texas Land Commissioner George P. Bush has filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration, claiming the president is illegally preventing the construction of a wall on the Texas-Mexico …
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By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune
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7/16/21
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Claudia Torres-Yañez walked into the Texas Capitol at 7:30 a.m. Saturday to testify against Republican efforts to enact new voting restrictions in the state.
Fifteen hours later, she was …
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By Alexa Ura, The Texas Tribune
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7/11/21
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As Texans hit the roads this summer with pandemic restrictions eased and vaccinations widespread, the national average price of gas is expected to top $3 per gallon, though the average in Texas for …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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7/5/21
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Outnumbered and virtually powerless to block conservative priorities they oppose, Democrats in the Texas Legislature say they are keeping their options open as they prepare for a special session that …
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By Patrick Svitek and Cassandra Pollock, The Texas Tribune
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7/2/21
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House Democrats filed a petition with the Texas Supreme Court on Friday, seeking to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott’s veto of funding for the legislative branch.
As the Austin American-Statesman …
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By Gary Borders, Texas Press Association
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6/28/21
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Last Monday, Texas’ main power grid operator asked Texans, mid-heat wave, to turn their thermostats to 78 degrees during the afternoon and evening for the week to reduce electricity demand on …
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By Mitchell Ferman, The Texas Tribune
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6/27/21
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The man who gunned down 26 people at a Sutherland Springs church in Texas' deadliest ever mass shooting should not have been able to buy the assault style weapon he used, but the store that sold it …
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By Allyson Waller, The Texas Tribune
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6/26/21
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