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Texas state lawmaker criticizes 'universal basic income' programs: 'We can't just hand out money...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoState Sen. Paul Bettencourt during a debate in the Senate Chamber in Austin.Associated Press A Texas...
Texas state Senator Bettencourt calls for new criminal statute against squatting
KXAN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas Sen. Paul Bettencourt, R-Houston, estimates that up to 10,000 squatting cases...
Texas Senators follow through on commitment to divest from Russia
Odessa American, Texas via Yahoo News· 1 year agoMar. 8—AUSTIN — Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) with 29 Texas Senators with him, filed SB 1817 requiring all state investing entities, including the Employees Retirement System of Texas ...
Texas Senate committee OKs proposals to lower school taxes, increase state funding share
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Senate Finance committee this week approved a package of bills that could deliver $16.5 billion...
Texas wants to get tough on squatters
KXAN via Yahoo News· 1 month agoAUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas’ legal statutes has problems dealing with squatters, according to some state lawmakers, who heard testimony on Wednesday from...
Texas senator says the plan to give poor residents a $500 guaranteed basic income is...
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe state flag of Texas.P A Thompson/Getty Images A Texas state senator is challenging the...
Higher education in Texas: What lawmakers hope to tackle in the 89th legislative session
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 3 months agoIn the legislative session last year, Texas lawmakers revamped the state's community college...
Texas lawmaker who opposes giving $500 per month to 1,900 Houstonians sponsored a bill to save every...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 4 months agoThe COVID-19 pandemic instigated a resurgence of government-funded income subsidies in the form of...
After weeks of impasse in Texas Legislature, a glimmer of hope for property tax cut
Corpus Christi Caller-Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAUSTIN — Three weeks after the Texas House rejected the Senate's plan to deliver a much-promised...
Texas Senate advances bill to create 'election marshals.' Here's what's proposed.
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 1 year agoThe Texas Senate has advanced a proposal that would require the secretary of state to appoint a...