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Pratt’s post for 5/12/2020
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Primary Runoff Early Voting to Begin a Week Sooner … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/11/2020
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Texas has billions in its rainy day fund. But … [Read more...]
More deceptive talk on property taxes coming from local officials
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It appears local government officials are … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 5/1/2020
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Abbott gets it terribly wrong on property taxes, … [Read more...]
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Lawmakers Demand Abbott Accelerate Efforts to … [Read more...]
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Abbott Says Texas Already Paid Out $2B in … [Read more...]
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Letters from Legislators Promote Varying … [Read more...]
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Amid coronavirus, Texas Senate Democratic Caucus … [Read more...]
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Abbott Keeps Schools Closed … And Pretty Much … [Read more...]
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Sales Tax Holiday for Emergency Supplies, April … [Read more...]
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5th Circuit Court of Appeal Lifts Part of Order … [Read more...]
Listener: City of Abilene fights hard to keep actions secret
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Pratt, I found it laughable that the City of … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/10/2020
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Property Tax Loophole Could Allow Rate Increases … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/9/2020
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Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional Abbott … [Read more...]
Local officials’ “abundance of caution” didn’t apply to your business or household
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Funny how quick local officials were to put … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 4/8/2020
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Let’s Not Pretend This Is Constitutional AG … [Read more...]
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Texas already in recession, State Comptroller … [Read more...]
Knee-jerk decisions have ensured suffering, virus & economic, will last longer
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Fuelfix reports: “In typical times, a sudden … [Read more...]
Local governments should be acting now for coming shortfall
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While some of you small business people and … [Read more...]
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Comptroller’s Office Extends Franchise Tax … [Read more...]
Health officials wasted time on the speculative, didn’t harden the known
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When you criticize during an emotional and … [Read more...]
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AG Paxton Applauds Fifth Circuit Decision … [Read more...]
Pratt’s post for 3/30/2020
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As Texas economy sputters, will rainy day fund … [Read more...]
Why are local officials just now looking at budgets? Coming shortfall was known in March.
“So what are these professional budget masters … [Read more...]