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April 17, 2026
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TWDB Approves $40.9 Million for Sharyland Water Supply Corporation to Address … Yesterday, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved $40,900,000 in principal forgiveness funding from the Drinking
April 16, 2026
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TWDB Approves $750,000 Grant for City of Peñitas Lift Station … Today, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved a $750,000 grant for the City of Peñitas
April 16, 2026
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TWDB Approves $4 Million Grant for Nueces County Drainage District … Today, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved a $4 million grant for Nueces County Drainage District
Today, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved $31,040,000 in financial assistance for the Agua Special … latest action builds on TWDB’s June 2025 approval of $6.06 million for the planning, acquisition, and design
York State Board of Regents
approved rules that expanded access to professional licenses for over 57 professions, including
their communities. The Committee should
● Study the approval process for special purpose districts created by local … have
an ability to weigh in on the approval of such districts in terms of available and
future
Contact: (512) 463-0120
Texas Transportation Commission Approves $10 Million Grant for South Texas International Airport in Edinburg … Austin, TX — Today, the Texas Transportation Commission approved a $10 million award to the South Texas International Airport
January 23, 2026
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TWDB Approves $46 Million in Grants for City of Corpus Christi … Today, the Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) approved two grant agreements with the City of Corpus Christi totaling
Today, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved recommended awards under the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD … Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission and staff for approving this grant, and I commend the leadership and staff
homestead exemptions on the ballot, Texans overwhelmingly approve them. And they’re guaranteed in the Texas Constitution.”
Once … approved by voters next session, Operation Double Nickel would deliver immediate tax relief for seniors, freeze appraisals
long as they own the home. Immediately if approved by the voters, the newly approved proposition would save
Project
Austin, TX – Today, the Texas Transportation Commission approved a $1,678,000 federal Transportation Alternatives Set-Aside … categorized as community-based (non-urban) and was approved for Transportation Development Credits (TDCs)—meaning the TA award
Contact: Sarah Leon Sarah.leon@senate.texas.gov
ICYMI: Texans Overwhelmingly Approve Statewide Constitutional Amendments Increasing Homestead Exemptions & Delivering Property Tax Cuts … including authoring Proposition 10, which received the highest approval passage of all 17 constitutional amendments
before November 7, 2024. In addition, the Legislature approved an extra $44 million over the next two years
Permanent Technical Institution Infrastructure Fund, contingent on voter approval.
Proposition 2 – Banning Capital Gains Tax – There is currently … home. If this proposition and Proposition 13 are approved by the voters, it would result in a homestead
appear on the statewide ballot this November. If approved, the amendment would dedicate up to $1 billion … agencies and active participation from local governments. Voter approval of Proposition 4 in November is critical to ensuring
reduction of the Voter Approval Tax Rate from 3.5% to 2.5% would have reduced property tax levy increases … units the option to ask their voters to approve additional higher levies in the November election.
This would
heads to the Governor’s desk for final approval. If
signed, the maps will go into effect
effective date and would take immediate effect if approved by two-thirds of both chambers
Austin, Texas – Today, the Texas Senate approved House Bill 4, an unnecessary mid-decade redistricting plan
orchestrated … moves to the Governor for final approval. Once signed, the maps are expected to face legal
challenges. “These
Blanco announced that the Texas Transportation
Commission has approved the 2026 Unified Transportation Program (UTP), the state
Blanco announced that the Texas Transportation
Commission has approved the 2026 Unified Transportation Program (UTP), the state
selected by the Port Authority Advisory Committee and approved by the Texas Transportation Commission.
"This grant, along with
Levy Growth
Bettencourt’s Bill lowers Voter-Approval Tax Rate from 3.5% to 2.5% for Populations Over … Governor Dan Patrick, lowers the voter-approval tax rate (VATR), previously known as the rollback rate, for most
taxpayer lawfare!”
SB 10 – Reducing City/County Voter-Approval Tax Rate (VATR) Levies : Despite the historic school property … Keeps 3.5% cap for smaller areas with voter approval required above limits in Nov. elections.
Delivers