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House votes to extend $31 billion in tax breaks
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The House voted on Wednesday to extend $31 billion in
popular tax breaks, including an income tax deduction for sales and property taxes, to be financed with a tax increase on investment fund managers and a crackdown on international tax cheats. The 45 tax deductions and credits for businesses and individuals are scheduled to expire at year's end. The House voted 241-181 to extend them for a year. The bill now goes to the Senate, which has rejected the tax increase on investment managers in the past. More
Perry foe alleges donation sought for appointment
The Associated Press via The San Antonio Express News
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When Corpus Christi Judge Rose Vela was looking for an appointment to the Texas Supreme Court, her husband turned to a longtime friend and ally of Gov. Rick Perry - Cameron County Judge Carlos Cascos. But Filemon "Fil" Vela said he was dismayed by what Cascos told him: He needed to
publicly disavow his support of Perry's rival Kay Bailey Hutchison, get on the Perry re-election bandwagon, and give the governor some campaign money in order for his wife to be considered.
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Perry asks EPA to retract greenhouse gas finding
The Associated Press via The San Antonio Express News
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Texas Gov. Rick Perry on Wednesday asked the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to withdraw its finding that greenhouse gases threaten the public health and welfare of Americans, alleging the conclusion is based on "manipulated data." Texas leads the nation in industrial pollution and has more oil refineries, chemical
manufacturing plants and coal-fired power plants than any other state.
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Comptroller Combs files for re-election
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Politex Blog
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Texas Comptroller Susan Combs filed for re-election today, becoming the latest Republican office-holder to
officially jump into the 2010 election campaign. Combs, seeking her second four-year term as the state's chief fiscal officer, has not drawn a challenger although Democrat Nick Lampson, a former congressman who once served as a property tax assessor in Jefferson County, is considering running against her.
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Austin to
consider expanding rules restricting home sizes
The Austin American-Statesman
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When the Austin City Council decided in 2006 to limit the sizes of new or renovated houses in the central city, council members said they wanted to preserve the character of older neighborhoods. Now, residents of some South Austin
neighborhoods say their communities have character worth saving, too.
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DFW area moves to top tier of terrorism targets; Houston already on list
The Dallas Morning News via The Denton Record-Chronicle
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Dallas is now officially one of the nation's top 10 terrorist targets - a designation that sounds alarming but which state and local officials have sought for years, because it means millions in federal funds to beef up security. The Department of Homeland Security's
precise reasons remain secret, but there were plenty of educated guesses Wednesday about the many factors that justify putting Dallas on a list with New York and Washington.
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Perry names six to new state Holocaust panel
The Associated Press via The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
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Gov. Rick Perry has chosen a chairman and five other members to sit on the newly created Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission. The panel created by the 2009 Legislature will work with groups, museums, survivors and liberators to preserve information about genocidal events, such as the Nazi campaign to exterminate Jews and
other minorities.
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College Station proposal includes mandate for trees
The Bryan-College Station Eagle
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New single-family homes and townhouses in College Station would be required to have two trees in their front yards under a proposal being considered by the City Council. A public hearing is set for 7 p.m. Thursday for council members to listen to residents' opinions and discuss a
possible amendment to the city's landscape and tree-protection ordinance.
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Texas unemployment tax on businesses to triple
The Houston Chronicle
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Two-thirds of Texas businesses will see
the unemployment taxes they pay per employee per year nearly triple - from $23.40 to $64.80 - under rates announced today by the Texas Workforce Commission. The minimum tax is paid by nearly 255,000 employers, or 67 percent of those who have been in business for at least a year, according to the commission.
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