The news of Texas covered today includes:
Our Lone Star story of the day: The Texas Senate held hearings in which more of the scandal plagued Texas Lottery was exposed – see below. Also, the Senate passed major property tax relief.
Texas House
Meanwhile, a month into the 140-day legislative session, BurrowCrat chief Dustin Burrows finally named House committees (that leaves much of the power in the hands of the same old Straus/Bonnen/Phelan crowd) and then the body voted to take another “vacation!” But don’t think they did absolutely nothing in the House, they found time to meet for 48 minutes on Tuesday and hosted a Pagan “prayer” from one of the Leftist members.
Lottery scandal:
- Analysis: Texas Senators Drop a Neutron Bomb on the Texas Lottery Commission
- Texas Lottery jackpot under scrutiny after lawyer’s fraud allegations
- Analysis: The $1M Lottery Jackpot Texas Sent to China
- Aggressive Lottery Ticket Offers Join Ongoing Texas Lottery Controversies
- Betting Beyond Borders: Lottery.com To Sell Texas Lottery Tickets in Europe and Africa?
- How rich investors stacked the odds for a $95M Texas Lotto win
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TPPF Secures Victory in Money v. San Marcos at the Fifth Circuit for property owners.
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I thought you might be interested in Eric Peter’s latest article.
https://www.ericpetersautos.com/2025/02/14/who-owns-your-car/
Why does Texas not yet have a right to repair law???
I have covered the subject in the past few months. TPPF has called for legislators to adopt a Right to Repair law.