Capitol Highlights Feature Tax, School Funding Debates
Incoming legislators hear that property taxes and the school funding formula are tied, with Gov Bush aiming to cut the $10 billion tax on homeowners and businesses. Texas Performance Review proposes over $3.5 billion in five years, including job cuts and agency reforms. Also notes tax voucher plans, banking regulation shifts, beach erosion ideas, a Capitol Christmas tree, and a welfare card audit.
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Bullock
Laney
Bush
Sharp
John Sharp
Texas
Garry Mauro
National Guard
Gulf of Mexico
Galveston
Brazoria
Mauro
Ray Sullivan
Capitol
Great Walk
Bastrop State Park
Austin
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
Texas Senate Representation Between Civil War and Reconstruction
Footnote to History outlines Texas political representation from 1861 to 1877, noting expulsion of Hemphill and Wigal, later appointments by Legislature, and pardons affecting eligibility. It highlights key figures Morgan C. Hamilton, James W. Flanagan, Samuel B. Maxey, and Richard Coke, with context on postwar Senate seats. It also names large Texas lakes Sam Rayburn, Toledo Bend, Lake Texoma, and Amistad as major water bodies within or shared with neighbors.
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Texas
U.S. Congress
Senate
Union
Congress
Washington
John Hemphill
Louis T. Wigal
U.S
Morgan C. Hamilton
James W. Flanagan
Flanagan
Henderson
Hamilton
A.J. Hamilton
J.J. Reynolds
U.S. Senate
Samuel B. Maxey
Paris
West Point
U.S. Grant
Toledo Bend
Louisiana
Texoma
Red River
Oklahoma
Amistad
Mexico
New Year Traditions and Historic Seattle Tree
The text notes January 1 and February 7 celebrations in the Chinese lunar year with February 7 1997 marking the Year of the Ox. It mentions home cleaning, debt payments, sweet rice, fireworks, and red envelopes with lucky money. It also recalls a 221 foot Douglas fir Christmas tree at Northgate Shopping Center in Seattle in December 1950.
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Northgate Shopping Center
Seattle
Washington
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Brownfield News
Texas Department of Commerce
Lake Travis Independent School
Fred Walker
The
Austin American-Statesman
Walker
Lakeway
Annette Cootes
Texas State Teachers Association
American Statesman
Texas Education
Mike Moses
Catherine Ghiglieri
America
Talk of
Jack Maguire
Grant
Maxey
Richard Coke
Sam Rayburn
Bert Fit
Bethlehnem
Kwanzan
Joan Sharp
Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts
Texas African American Heritage Association
Jewish Federation of Austin
Asian Chamber of Austin
Internet
Temple of
Jerusalem
Terry County Community Supervision and Corrections Department
Brownfield Regional Craic
Brownfield
Goodfellows Program of
Madame Alexander
Bradley
Klein
Professional Business & Service Directory
Edward Jones
Mike Speed
Ira's
West Main Brownbero
Seles
Don Robertson
Levelland Hwy
Terry County
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