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  • 1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Megan Kimble

    State lawmakers have reached a deal on how to begin spending billions of dollars meant to shore up Texas’ struggling water infrastructure and supply. The deal allocates $1 billion a year for water and splits that funding equally between new water supply projects, like pipelines and desalination plants, and aging infrastructure in need of repair. “It will be viewed in historical context looking back that this is where Texas chose to meet one of the biggest unmet needs in the state,” said state Sen.

  • 1 week ago | expressnews.com | Megan Kimble

    State lawmakers have reached a deal on how to begin spending billions of dollars meant to shore up Texas' struggling water infrastructure and supply. The deal allocates $1 billion a year for water and splits that funding equally between new water supply projects, like pipelines and desalination plants, and aging infrastructure in need of repair. "It will be viewed in historical context looking back that this is where Texas chose to meet one of the biggest unmet needs in the state," said state Sen.

  • 1 week ago | statesman.com | Megan Kimble

    The deal allocates $1 billion a year for water and splits that funding equally between new water supply projects, like pipelines and desalination plants, and aging infrastructure in need of repair. “It will be viewed in historical context looking back that this is where Texas chose to meet one of the biggest unmet needs in the state,” said state Sen. Charles Perry, a Lubbock Republican who has been the leading voice on water issues, in a committee hearing on Sunday.

  • 1 week ago | houstonchronicle.com | Megan Kimble

    New property tax relief for homeowners and businesses is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk and onto the November ballot. The proposal raises the homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 for most homeowners, effectively reducing the taxable value of a home.

  • 1 week ago | expressnews.com | Megan Kimble

    New property tax relief for homeowners and businesses is headed to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk and onto the November ballot. The proposal raises the homestead exemption from $100,000 to $140,000 for most homeowners, effectively reducing the taxable value of a home.

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Megan Kimble
Megan Kimble @megankimble
14 May 25

RT @bradj_TX: JCJ is now reconsidering this anti-squatters bill, SB 38. @RepRichardHayes says there are two floor amendments that’ll fix pa…

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Megan Kimble @megankimble
13 May 25

RT @bradj_TX: SB 38 — the Senate’s anti-squatters bill — failed to advance in House JCJ this afternoon by a 5-3 vote. Needed 6 votes. #txle…

Megan Kimble
Megan Kimble @megankimble
12 May 25

RT @ukpapers: 🇺🇸 Desalination Spurs Calls For Regulations ▫Lawmakers hope desalination can bring new water to Texas. Critics want protecti…