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Texas is ready to welcome investment dollars that may be looking for a new home as a result of uncertainty surrounding Mexico’s radical judicial reform. We offer a stable and business-friendly environment for global investors that don’t change the powers drastically. We respect business. #Texas #Investment #BusinessGrowth
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The 30-day overlap between the outgoing AMLO presidency and the incoming MORENA legislative supermajority marks something remarkable and grim: the end of Mexico’s post-1994 flourishing as a respected democracy and an ever-growing economic power. texaspolicy.com/amlo-plunges…
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Texas has some of the highest property taxes in the country.
Despite efforts cutting them at the state level year after year, they never seem to stay down.
The #1 culprit: your local ISD and the profiteers who use them like an ATM.
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If the Biden regime fights for Mexico, it is Texas, now, that fights for America. thefederalist.com/2023/08/30…
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"No one knows what is better for their child's education than their parents. Those parents deserve the freedom to choose the education that is best for their child." @GregAbbott_TX #txlege #txed
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Only ~40% of Texas schools' spending reaches classrooms for instruction.
The rest is either siphoned off into the pockets of administrators, lobbyists, consultants, and contractors – or consumed by the schools' staggering debt.
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Instead of prioritizing what truly helps children learn, Texas school district officials funnel billions of dollars to profiteers and allies – recklessly misallocating vast resources meant for public education. #txed
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Meet the Profiteers.
For decades, the system has been rigged to ensure that the money always comes in, your property taxes always go up, and there’s no accountability for how it’s spent.
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Criminal justice reform doesn’t just make communities safer; it restores lives—and hope.
Alice Marie Johnson, once sentenced to life in prison, is now free and working to better the criminal justice system.
#CJreform #criminaljustice @AliceMarieFree
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Texas school districts spend recklessly, misallocating vast resources meant for public education. The Heist is a massive transfer of billions of dollars from taxpayers into a machine that maintains, grows and protects a system designed to ensure taxes always go up, the money always comes in, and there’s no accountability for how it’s spent. As long as nothing changes, education costs - and your taxes - will keep rising—without ever benefiting students, teachers, or the future of Texas.
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La imprudencia del gobierno de AMLO y la supermayoría de MORENA marcan un punto oscuro en la historia de México: el fin de su florecimiento post-1994 como democracia respetada y potencia económica. Ahora, la independencia judicial está en peligro. texaspolicy.com/amlo-profund…
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81% of Texans support voter ID for mail-in ballots. #txlege
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ICYMI: Federal government litigators advocated, in court, on behalf of the cartel-driven Mexican state — against Texas and its citizenry. thefederalist.com/2023/08/30…
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Claudia Sheinbaum dice: "Somos un país libre, independiente, soberano y habrá buena relación con Estados Unidos". Pero el estado mexicano no es totalmente soberano: comparte soberanía con narcos que controlan hasta un tercio del territorio mexicano, principalmente con el consentimiento de Morena.
Los estadounidenses han perdido la paciencia con la mala fe, la inconstancia y los lazos criminales de alto nivel que impregnan la gobernanza mexicana. Mi apuesta es que la Presidenta Sheinbaum se dará cuenta hasta qué punto.
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The Profiteers infuse cash into a network of political front groups that constantly push to increase public education spending.
They get rich while Texans' local property taxes continue to go up.
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Texas stands ready to fight overreach by the Biden administration.
More on the latest lawsuits: hubs.la/H0FVzsh0 #KeepTexasTexan
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TEXAS: Your tax dollars are going into a machine that maintains, grows and protects a system designed to ensure taxes always go up, the money always comes in, and there’s no accountability for how it’s spent.
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Billions of dollars meant for funding Texas’ public education system is spent on a vast network of vendors, administrators, consultants, lobbyists, associations, and political organizations that work together to squander taxpayer money.
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.@MayraFlores2022: Securing the border must come first, and so far, President Biden has shown no desire to accomplish that basic duty. texaspolicy.com/im-in-south-…
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In testimony this week before the Texas Senate Committee on Border Security, McClennan County Sheriff Parnell McNamara detailed a devastating recent murder spree by an illegal alien who should have never been allowed in the U.S. #txlege
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With the impending judicial reforms orchestrated by AMLO, the Mexican people now slip toward a dark night of violence and autocracy at the hands of their regime, with no end in sight. texaspolicy.com/amlo-plunges…
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The App Store Accountability Act will take power away from Big Tech and give it back to parents. #txlege
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Ask any Texas-side law-enforcement professional (and we have), and almost none of them will express confidence in the honesty or integrity of their Mexican counterparts. thefederalist.com/2023/08/30…
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NAEP scores for Florida's low-income students
📉 Before school choice: 33rd in the country (2002)
🏅 After school choice: 1st in the country (2019-present)
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Our attorneys filed a lawsuit in 2022 on behalf of Austin gun store owner @michaeldcargill.
Faced with defeat, the ATF decided to back down.
Learn more about the case: texaspolicy.com/press/in-vic…
🚨 The ATF has REVERSED a policy that required inspectors to revoke the federal firearms license of American gun stores over simple paperwork errors and other non-willful violations of the Gun Control Act.
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As a neighbor, the U.S. wants Mexico to be a prosperous and fully sovereign country.
Sadly, corrupt Mexican elites are working against their citizens’ best interests to enrich the cartels.
TPPF’s Joshua Treviño illuminates this crisis in his new book: hardcountrybook.com
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Legally, Texas has the power and the duty to defend its citizens when the federal government cannot or will not. #txlege thecannononline.com/bidens-l…
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When half of students can’t read or do math on grade level, it’s time to start asking questions about where all the money is going. #txed
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Texas school districts steer billions of dollars in lucrative contracts to preferred vendors, contractors, consultants, and lobbyists at the behest of powerful and coercive quasi-governmental associations.
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The federal government has decided it will no longer meet its obligations to defend its borders, and will moreover align itself with an antagonistic foreign power (Mexico) against its own states and citizens. thefederalist.com/2023/08/30…
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How is it that the Texas Legislature keeps cutting property taxes every year, but property tax bills only seem to go up?
The answer: a group of taxpayer funded lobbyists and profiteers that fight to block accountability and increase spending and taxation at the local level.
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Texans might be shocked to learn that the state’s school districts spend $93 BILLION PER YEAR on public education, but only ~40% of the money goes to the classroom for expenses like teacher salaries, curriculum, textbooks, and supplies. #txed
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The freedom of speech isn’t political. It’s the precursor to politics. It’s a precondition that ensures all sides of a debate can be heard. #SocialMediaSummit #FreeSpeech
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Mic drop moment with Congressman @chiproytx 👏👏👏
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.@GovAbbott kicks off our Parent Empowerment Event on the steps of the Texas Capitol. #txlege
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Historic.
BREAKING: Texas @GovAbbott has just signed the legislation banning critical race theory indoctrination in public schools. Legislators, led by @Toth_4_Texas, have now protected 29 million Texans from state-sanctioned racism. This is a historic victory.
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The utopia of self-driving cars sounds great in theory but the reality of giving up our freedom and autonomy is much darker. #txlege texaspolicy.com/driverless-c…
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Showing an ID is a common sense protection. It should protect your ballot, too. @NancyMace #txlege
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THIS. ⬇️🙌
“Simply put, the #GreenNewDeal is a massive tax on every American, now and in the future, to pay for the Left’s wish list of enormous government programs," writes @ISAACforTexas.
@FreedomWorks @chiproytx @TedCruz @JohnCornyn @Heritage texaspolicy.com/the-green-ne…
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Happy Texas Independence Day!
The Texas Declaration of Independence was unanimously signed by all 59 Delegates to the Convention of 1836 on March 2.
This formally established the Republic of Texas.
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📊 We took a poll and discovered that most Texans have no idea how much our school districts spend per year. Do you know? #txed
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The bottom line is Texas taxpayers are not getting their money’s worth when it comes to academic performance. #txed
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.@SenTedCruz: Texas is fighting to secure our border because of the complete failure of the federal government.
SB 4 was very important legislation. #txlege
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As Mexico celebrates its Independence Day, we reflect on the unfortunate fact that the United States can no longer depend on our neighbors to the south when it comes to security matters. texaspolicy.com/why-mexico-i…
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Every time the state slashes your property taxes, local ISDs seize the opportunity to increase them through new bonds and cash grabs.
The system is rigged to incentivize more spending and more borrowing of your tax dollars every year, which is why taxes never seem to go down.
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Thank you for your support of the First Step Act, @tedcruz!
The First Step Act will be an important public safety tool and an important “first step” in reducing recidivism, reducing violent crime, and having an impact on the opioid crises in the United States. #PrisonReform
Following the example of Texas's criminal justice reform, this bill will bring much needed improvements to our criminal justice system. --> bit.ly/2UoDgLo
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Instead of reacting to Texas’ self-defense in ways suggesting a sense of stewardship for American citizens and communities, the federal government has instead gone on the attack — against Texas. thefederalist.com/2023/08/30…
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🚨 BREAKING: Court Concludes Congressional Proxy Voting Rule Is Unconstitutional
Today, a U.S. District Court issued its final judgment in Texas v. Garland, a challenge to the U.S. House's proxy voting rule under the Quorum Clause of the Constitution.
In its final judgment, the Court concluded that House members must be physically present for their vote to comply with the Constitution’s Quorum Clause. Attorneys from the TPPF argued the merits at trial in January of this year.
The lawsuit was originally filed with the State of Texas in response to Congress’ unlawful passage of the $1.7 trillion omnibus spending bill in December 2022. The U.S. Constitution requires a quorum, or a majority, of House members to be physically present for the U.S. House of Representatives to conduct business. As less than half of the members were present when the legislation was passed, with the rest voting by proxy, this legislation never should have passed, and the president should not have signed it.
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The truth is that voter fraud exists; whether or not it is “widespread” doesn’t matter one bit. Every illegal vote robs the voice of a legitimate Texas voter. #txlege #ElectionIntegrity
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Today, we’re launching a new video series to show how Texas school districts spend $93 billion per year.
Hint: Most of the money does not go to the classroom to help students. #txed
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By tonight, wind generation in TX is expected to bottom out at 2.5% of installed capacity (per #ERCOT). The giant gap in wind energy means rolling blackouts are starting across the state. Fortunately, our natural gas plants can be ramped up to meet most of our electricity demand.
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Every parent, regardless of where they live or how much money they make, should be able to choose a school that's right for their child.
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Do you agree that Texas should treat social media platforms like a harmful product and prohibit companies from granting access to minors? #txlege
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Local ISDs are the biggest culprit for Texas having some of the highest property taxes in the country.
And it has nothing to do with improving educational outcomes.
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“The world cares very little what you or I know, but it does care a great deal about what you or I do.” - Booker T. Washington @AllenWest
#Quoteoftheday #edReform bit.ly/2Fxw8Uu
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@chiproytx said it best... the facts matter. Every legal vote in Texas must be protected. #txlege
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“Success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has overcome.” - Booker T. Washington @allenwest #qotd #txlege
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Still, it seems like the Biden administration is living in a different reality. In its world, Mexico is a friend and a partner – whose cooperation on international issues is vital.
It’s not.
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Rather than focusing on improving education outcomes, school districts are more concerned with enriching the bureaucracy and the education system profiteers with your tax dollars.
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Thank you to these lawmakers for pledging to end taxpayer-funded lobbying! We invite all legislators to join this growing list of lawmakers fighting for Texas taxpayers. #txlege stoptfl.com/
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The Texas Democrats who fled to Washington D.C. (and apparently to European vacations) to break quorum need to come home and do their jobs #txlege hubs.la/H0TS8H40
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Our Senior Fellow @MayraFlores2022 kicks off the Closing Keynote Lunch at #TexasPolicySummit
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.@RepShawnThierry broke from left-wing orthodoxy when she voted to ban harmful child gender modification procedures.
She shared her perspective on doing the right thing for her constituents, versus what is politically expedient, on the latest episode of The Right Idea. #txlege
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Ranked-choice voting (RCV) is not a solution to Texas’ state and local election woes. Instead, it threatens to unleash new problems, like voter disenfranchisement and increased political polarization. #txlege
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.@ChipRoyTX shares some of the dangers of social media for children, including bullying and lethal drug sales. New policies are needed to empower parents to protect their kids online. #txlege
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TPPF's Joshua Treviño: The United States, at large, does not require access to Mexico to prosper to the same extent that Mexico needs the U.S.
Reauthorization of USMCA needs to be the leverage, in the moment, to renegotiate the entirety of the U.S.-Mexico relationship.
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Texas is the first state to build its own border wall and deploy additional barriers in tactical infrastructure, which have proven to be effective.
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Governor @GregAbbott_TX: ESA's and school choice and parental empowerment don't lead to a decimation of public schools, they lead to an improvement in our public schools. #txed #txlege
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Biden has apparently submitted his early entry to PolitiFact’s Lie of the Year contest: "It's simply not true that my administration or policies are holding back domestic energy production." #gas
TPPF CEO Greg Sindelar in @FoxNews:
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We're excited to announce that @MayraFlores2022 will host the keynote panel during the March 3rd lunch session of the Texas Policy Summit! She will lead a discussion with top Hispanic leaders from across the state to discuss the 88th legislative session, border security and more.
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Please join us in congratulating former TPPF president @BrookeLRollins on her nomination as the next Secretary of Agriculture
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.@robhenneke was on @FoxFriendsFirst this morning to discuss the #ELCHAPOAct. We need more common sense proposals (like this) coming out of Washington. @SenTedCruz
Great job, Rob! 👏
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What does $93 billion per year in education spending get Texas students?
📉 #38 in national education rankings
📉 55% reading on grade level
📉 40% proficient in math
#txed
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Victor Hugo wrote, "Nothing is more powerful than an idea whose time has come."
School choice’s time is now. #SchoolChoiceWeek
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Today, we're announcing our top 10 priorities for the 2025 89th Texas Legislative Session.
These are part of our larger Liberty Action Agenda that will be released over the coming weeks.
End Taxpayer-Funded Lobbying: The Texas Legislature should no longer allow local governments to hire unaccountable lobbyists with taxpayer dollars.
Empower Parents and Institute Education Savings Accounts: Every Texas parent must be given the freedom to choose the best education for their child by expanding the range of options open to all children, including education savings accounts, charter school expansion, and career development programs.
Secure the Texas Border: Texas should protect its citizens and communities from the cartels and their drug- and human-smuggling operations by using whatever legal means necessary to gain operational control of and secure the border, including the creation of its own border force. Texas should not wait for the federal government to act; instead, using its constitutional authority to disrupt all cartel activity – including its coordination with the Mexican government and elites – and assert state sovereignty.
Eliminate Property Taxes and Rein in Local Spending: By continuing to buy down our school district maintenance and operations property tax rates, policymakers can put Texas on a pathway to eliminate property taxes. Policymakers should extend the same responsible spending policies required of the state to cities and counties.
Protect the Public and Solve Crimes: Texas must prioritize solving violent crimes to get dangerous offenders off the street and keep our communities safe.
Make the Energy Grid More Reliable: Texas should require all electric generators, not just new ones, to guarantee a certain amount of power to the grid during periods of high demand.
Make Affordable Healthcare More Accessible to Patients: Texas should ensure that nonprofit hospitals follow existing rules requiring them to use the tax savings they receive from the state to lower healthcare costs for certain patients.
Restore the Proper Mission of Higher Education: Texas should ensure that public higher education institutions foster diversity of thought, encourage innovation, resist ideological conformity, and return to their proper role of widening the sphere of knowledge for students. Taxpayers should not fund programs that divide, exclude, and indoctrinate students, nor should the accreditation organizations be able to extort schools into promoting one ideological agenda.
Pass a Conservative Texas Budget: The Texas budget should not grow beyond the average taxpayers’ ability to pay. Texas should use traditional metrics like inflation and population growth to determine a responsible spending limit.
Promote Responsible Artificial Intelligence Reform: Texas should adopt sector-specific AI regulatory frameworks that promote transparency and maximize human dignity, ensuring Texas is the national model for balancing ethics and growth.
#txlege
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Florida passed its first school choice legislation in 2002.
Since then, the NAEP scores for low-income students have improved from 33rd in the country to #1.
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“MLK shared with Booker T. Washington a strong belief in self-reliance. And that is achieved through public policies that get government out of the way – such as repealing segregation laws – rather than relying on government largesse.” @AllenWest bit.ly/2q8H6Li
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School districts are using your tax dollars not to educate our kids but to lobby the legislature. #txlege
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"School choice and parental empowerment doesn't lead to a decimation of public schools, it leads to an improvement in our public schools." - Gov. @GregAbbott_TX #txlege
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.@SenTedCruz addresses the #SchoolChoice crowd and says every student deserves access to the quality education. #txlege
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🚨BREAKING: Texas House passes school choice bill SB 2!
Thanks to the leadership of Speaker @Burrows4TX, Chairman @BradBuckleyDVM, and Governor @GregAbbott_TX, we have achieved a monumental victory for millions of parents, students, and citizens of Texas.
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.@MayraFlores2022: Spending a few hours taking pictures on a layover and then doubling down on a failed approach is not how you show the American people border security is a priority to your administration.
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Texas Democrats are losing big, on both optics and on policy.👇to learn more @ChuckDeVore
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The City of Austin has just taken a massive step in addressing the housing affordability crisis by reducing the minimum lot size. Read TPPF's latest research on minimum lot size reform and its importance in keeping housing affordable: texaspolicy.com/unlocking-af…
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What's in HB 3?
The strongest protections for private schools and homeschoolers in the nation.
Rep. @NateSchatzline breaks it down:
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