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The Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy’s Tax Inequality Index measures the effects of each state's tax system on income inequality. According to this measure, Texas has the 7th most regressive state and local tax system in the country.
Under its “Our Texas, Our Future” campaign, the films bring attention to the work various organizations are doing in Texas to protect wildlife habitats, save endangered animal species and showcase the beauty of Texas.
<p><img width="350" height="219" src="/media/8726513/greg-abbott_350x219.jpg" alt="Greg Abbott (TX guv)" class="ImageFloatLeft"/>Fed up with President Joe Biden’s open borders policy allowing tens of thousands of illegal immigrants into America, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-Texas) announced that his state will start construction on border barriers immediately so that Texas law enforcement can arrest violators breaking into the United States.</p>
Right-wing media are celebrating the novel lawsuit from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton — now supported by President Donald Trump as well as other Republican state attorneys general across the country — actually suing four swing states carried by President-elect Joe Biden and asking the Supreme Court to throw out their vote results over changes that had been made to mail-in ballot procedures. The suit, if it had any realistic possibility of succeeding (which it likely does not) could be the last gasp of the Trump campaign’s specific plan, aided by right-wing media spreading false cla...