Texas Legislature: Budget for 2024-25 biennium grows to $321 billion
More than 1,000 pages detail the Legislature's funding priorities for the biennium, including $5B for new energy plants and $17.6B in property tax relief.
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More than 1,000 pages detail the Legislature's funding priorities for the biennium, including $5B for new energy plants and $17.6B in property tax relief.
The proposal would leave billions of anticipated tax revenue untouched at a time when the state has more money coming in than lawmakers are constitutionally allowed to spend.
A controversial immigration bill that would allow the State of Texas to create its own border police force, impose stricter penalties on asylum-seekers who cross from Mexico illegally, and set up checkpoints closer to the border, has moved closer to passage in Austin. It passed the Senate late Wednesday despite objections from three border state senators.
The proposal would leave billions of anticipated tax revenue untouched at a time when the state has more money coming in than lawmakers are constitutionally allowed to spend.
The House has already passed the bill, but the two chambers will need to iron out the differences in their versions before it is sent to Gov. Greg Abbott.