The news of Texas covered today includes:
Our Lone Star story of the day: Texas Democrat and Republican parties agree that the corporate welfare of Chapter 313 should end and did not renew such in the in the last legislative session. So why are the political insiders to eager, led by Speaker Phelan, to restart this program that ends on 31 December? More importantly, why do school districts love it so much?
School districts appear to love the program, not for economic development, but because it gives them a pot of money, a slush fund, they can spend on new football fields, school buildings, etc. All the while working against the equity model for funding public education.
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Texas Manufacturing Activity Flat, Outlooks Continue to Worsen.
Also, the Biden Administrations double-mindedness on oil and gas continues to roil markets and shows they know the radical anti-oil and gas agenda is an economy buster. Biden wants to shut down domestic production, all while telling oil producers to increase production, yet quietly approves a big Texas oil export terminal. Meanwhile, while enacting policies to hamper domestic production, Biden authorizes Chevron to pump oil with the communist enemies in Venezuala.
Words and how the Left chills free speech by claiming words as their own with new meanings.
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And, other news of Texas.
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