Texans in this month’s University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll made clear that the property tax is their least favorite. The only other tax to be disliked by voters more than it is liked is the business margins tax.
Mike Conaway
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The Brief: Nov. 20, 2014
State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte will run for mayor of her hometown of San Antonio, she confirmed Wednesday night.
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Energy
The Brief: Aug. 1, 2014
Ted Cruz has become the latest D.C.-based practitioner of the Pottery Barn rule: He broke the border bill, and now, possibly more than any other single person, he owns it.
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Health care
The Brief: July 17, 2014
Wendy Davis’ fundraising figures from Tuesday that showed her raising slightly more money than her GOP rival for governor are now being questioned.
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Demographics
TribLive: A Conversation With Mike Conaway
Full video of my 5/13 TribLive conversation with U.S. Rep. Mike Conaway, R-Midland.
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The Brief: May 13, 2014
Texas’ “sriracha delegation” on Monday made its long-awaited visit to California to woo the makers of the popular hot sauce, but it was no clearer at the conclusion of the visit what might come of it.
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The Brief: March 7, 2014
GOP gubernatorial nominee Greg Abbott leads his Democratic rival, Wendy Davis, by 12 points among likely voters, according to a Rasmussen Reports poll.
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Health care
The Brief: Feb. 6, 2014
Chris Christie is coming to Texas on Thursday and with a large target on his back placed there by Democrats.
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Updated: The 2012 Holdouts List
Some are waiting to see what the courts will do. Others want to see if any opponents surface. Regardless, with six days to go until the filing deadline, how many incumbents haven’t filed yet? A whole bunch.
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Campaign Chatter
U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Austin, is still in the maybe column in the race to replace U.S. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison. But Sen. Dan Patrick, R-Houston, says he won’t run for that federal job; he might be looking instead at the lieutenant governor’s post in 2014.