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February 3, 2023 8:45 AM
HJR 97 appears to be the one Sands is supporting this session
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February 3, 2023 8:27 AM
Former Chair Huberty’s daughter, Brianna, is running the business. Huberty is joined by other investors including Buck Gilcrease, former Chair Keffer, and Ed Simmons
Former Chair Huberty
conceptualized the Capitol Café as a place for Texas legislators,
policy advocates and press corps members to gather. He and his daughter, Brianna,
worked together to launch the shop just in time for the 88th Texas Legislative
Session.
“The Capitol Café team is
eager to welcome visitors. From the specially crafted furniture to portraits of
legislators taken over more than a decade by 19 different Capitol
photographers, we invested our hearts into incorporating the Capitol into every
inch of the café,” said Brianna Huberty, operating partner and general manager
of the Capitol Café.
The full news release is here.
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February 2, 2023 8:04 PM
The board voted 8 to 5 to remove language opposing vouchers from the panel's legislative priorities. A vote to formalize that is set for Friday
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February 1, 2023 9:18 AM
He'll be in Houston March 3 then Dallas on March 4
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January 31, 2023 11:22 AM
The
latest from Dallas Morning News reporter Lauren McGaughy:
Texas Attorney General Ken
Paxton is in settlement negotiations with a group of whistleblowers who
sued the state’s top lawyer for allegedly retaliating against them after they
accused him of serious crimes. In a joint filing last week, Paxton’s lawyers and
three of four whistleblowers asked the Texas Supreme Court to put
the high-profile case on hold as they hash out details. According to the
filing, they “are actively engaged in settlement discussions, with mediation
tentatively planned for February 1, 2023.”
A fourth whistleblower, James
“Blake” Brickman, opposed the motion and is not engaged in settlement
negotiations or mediation, according to a separate court filing.
The lawsuit is more than
two years old. It was filed by four of Paxton’s former top aides who were fired
after going to law enforcement with allegations that their boss committed
bribery and abuse of office to help a campaign donor.
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January 31, 2023 8:31 AM
If any taxing entity in affected areas doesn’t do this, Miller calls on Abbott to make it an emergency item
As winter weather moved across
much of Texas Tuesday morning, Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller called for a
30-day extension for those who were planning to file their property taxes to
meet the deadline.
"Many Texans plan to
pay their 2022 property taxes today to meet the deadline and avoid any late
penalties and interest, beginning on February 1st. But the winter storm
impacting most of Texas will make it difficult, if not dangerous, for those who
need to travel to pay their property taxes – especially our rural residents,”
Miller said.
"I am calling on all
property tax collecting entities to waive any such penalties and interest for
an additional 30 days for any property taxpayer who cannot meet today's
deadline,” he said. “Should any such taxing entity refuse to waive such
penalties and fees, I will ask our Governor to add this as an emergency item to
the legislative call, so this can be considered immediately, and this relief
can be mandated through legislative action."
"Texans have much to
worry about today due to the winter storm; meeting the property tax payment
deadline should not be one of them,” Miller said.
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January 30, 2023 3:09 PM
As wintry weather began to
move into Austin and other parts of Texas Monday afternoon, GOP leadership
began to let staff and others know that legislative business would be affected.
Texas Senate Finance
Committee Chair Joan Huffman,
R-Houston, was first to announce that staff in both the House and
Senate would be sent home at 2pm this afternoon out of safety
concerns. She said to watch the Finance postings closely because the
committee's schedule would be updated as the weather situation unfolds. It’s
possible that the committee will have to meet on Saturday as the panel makes its
way through the base budget, she said.
Later in the day, Texas
House Speaker Dade Phelan’s office announced that the members will meet “very
briefly” Tuesday and adjourn until 10am on Friday. “Members and staff should
not travel until weather and road conditions allow you to travel safely,” the Officer
of the Speaker advised in a memo. Members who were planning to recognize
community leaders and others in the gallery this week should reschedule that
now, the memo said.
Developing…
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January 27, 2023 2:48 PM
McDaniel received 111 votes, Rinaldi's candidate got 51, and the My Pillow Guy got 4
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January 27, 2023 2:16 PM
Assignments on the move a.k.a. staffing changes, promotions, bigtime hires, and more
SOUTH PADRE ISLAND – Great
to see so many members and lobby here in the Rio Grande Valley for the weekend.
Apparently, the tour for members organized and promoted by the RGV
Partnership received more RSVPs from our VIPs than ever before. Yes, I
know how exhausting that sentence was. And remember members, the RGV is quite
spread out so your bus ride from place to place might take longer than you had
imagined.
It’s worth it.
Meantime some power
players are on the move back in Austin and certain key roles are coming into focus
for the session. When it comes to sharing career news, no move around the
Capitol is too big or too small to appear in the pages of Quorum Report.
Let us know what’s up by sending the news to ksbraddock@gmail.com. Please use POTM in
the subject line. Thanks so much.
Here’s the latest edition
of People on the Move.
The rest of the story, subscribers only
By Scott Braddock
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January 27, 2023 10:20 AM
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