Talk on taxes as Texas legislature faces another rise
Senator Bill Sarpalius warns readers in the 31st District that January sessions will feature firm tax stances amid debate over a third general tax increase in four years. He cautions against simplistic fixes and notes that some will promise budget trims while others push sales or motor fuel taxes. He urges taxpayers to resist optimistic gospel and to scrutinize claims.
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Austin
Texas
Jim Mattox
State Insurance Board
Mattox
Gib Lewis
Bill Clements
State Board
Lewis
Clements
Ray Farabee
Wichita Falls
Mark White
P.O
Texas faces multi billion deficit as tax debate grows
State leaders warned a large budget shortfall looms amid uncertain revenue figures. Comptroller Bullock will release an official estimate in January, with the Legislative Budget Board weeks from presenting its preliminary spending plan. The debate centers on tax policy as Texas grapples with a possible five billion dollar gap and a difficult path to balancing the budget.
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Bob Bullock
Legislative Budget Board
Texas
Exotic Creatures In Polluted Sea
In the Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana, a six man team from Texas A&M reports dense communities of clams and tube worms at 1,800 feet depth 150 miles offshore. They thrive on chemosynthesis-driven bacteria despite oil and gas pollution seeping from beneath the sea floor.
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College Station
Gulf of Mexico
Nature Magazine
Texas A&m University
Louisiana
Pearl Harbor memory from a Wellington leader reader
A 1945 veteran recalls Pearl Harbor and the sequence of events from the bombing to Japan’s surrender. He weaves personal memories of radio and TV coverage, the Day of Infamy speech, and his wartime service in the Pacific and Leyte. He urges all Americans to remember the struggle and honor those who served.
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New York Giant
Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
CIA
Mirmatés
Hawaii
Franklin Roosevelt
Congress
United States
Japan
Europe
Pacific
Marshall Islands
Enewietok
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Philippines
Leyte
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Texas Press Association
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National Newspaper Association
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State of Texas
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Bill Sarpalius
Olson
California
University of Houston
Texas Southern University
Texas Woman’s University
North Texas State University
Texas A&i
Kingsville
Corpus Christi State University
Smu
Southern Methodist University
Houston Police
Houston Transit Authority
Houston
Sandy Sanford
San Antonio
Henry Cisneros
Cisneros
Allan Shivers
Washington, D.C
Texas Insurance Industry
Jim Horn
R-Lewisville
Horn
GOP
House Committee On Business and Commerce
Ernestine Grossbrenner
Alice
San Marcos
Ann Cooper
Bob Barton
Agriculture
Jim Hightower
Midwest
Texas Commission On Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education
Houston Post
Hank the Cowdog
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