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Voters asked to approve ‘significant’ tax cut for Texas small businesses

Hannah Norton — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:51:00 +0000

State Proposition 9 would exempt up to $125,000 of a business’s personal property, such as equipment, furniture and vehicles, from taxation.

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Voters asked to approve ‘significant’ tax cut for Texas small businesses

Hannah Norton — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:51:00 +0000

State Proposition 9 would exempt up to $125,000 of a business’s personal property, such as equipment, furniture and vehicles, from taxation.

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Voters asked to approve ‘significant’ tax cut for Texas small businesses

Hannah Norton — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:51:00 +0000

State Proposition 9 would exempt up to $125,000 of a business’s personal property, such as equipment, furniture and vehicles, from taxation.

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Voters asked to approve ‘significant’ tax cut for Texas small businesses

Hannah Norton — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:51:00 +0000

State Proposition 9 would exempt up to $125,000 of a business’s personal property, such as equipment, furniture and vehicles, from taxation.

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Voters asked to approve ‘significant’ tax cut for Texas small businesses

Hannah Norton — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:51:00 +0000

State Proposition 9 would exempt up to $125,000 of a business’s personal property, such as equipment, furniture and vehicles, from taxation.

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Voters asked to approve ‘significant’ tax cut for Texas small businesses

Hannah Norton — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:51:00 +0000

State Proposition 9 would exempt up to $125,000 of a business’s personal property, such as equipment, furniture and vehicles, from taxation.

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Voters asked to approve ‘significant’ tax cut for Texas small businesses

Hannah Norton — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:51:00 +0000

State Proposition 9 would exempt up to $125,000 of a business’s personal property, such as equipment, furniture and vehicles, from taxation.

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Voters asked to approve ‘significant’ tax cut for Texas small businesses

Hannah Norton — Mon, 27 Oct 2025 19:51:00 +0000

State Proposition 9 would exempt up to $125,000 of a business’s personal property, such as equipment, furniture and vehicles, from taxation.

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Texas House approves creation of new state cybersecurity command at UTSA

Ben Thompson — Wed, 16 Apr 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The Texas Senate will now consider legislation to establish a new state cyber defense program under The University of Texas system.

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Transportation, water infrastructure are critical as Texas population grows, experts say

Hannah Norton — Fri, 28 Mar 2025 19:47:00 +0000

Texas gains about 1,500 people each day, according to the Texas Demographic Center. During a March 28 legislative conference in New Braunfels, experts discussed their plans to help the state keep pace with growth and continue attracting businesses....

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To bolster Texas’ digital defenses, state leaders eye new ‘cyber command’ out of UTSA

Ben Thompson — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 17:00:00 +0000

The cybersecurity initiative is a priority of Gov. Greg Abbott and now under consideration in the legislature.

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Spectrum outages leave many Texas customers without service

Houston - Community Impact Newspaper — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Reports of the outage began surfacing around 1 p.m., according to the Down Detector website, which tracks real-time outage reports, showing over 32,000 outages.

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Local emergency doctor shares safety tips for fireworks, heat ahead of July Fourth

Hannah Norton — Mon, 01 Jul 2024 14:00:00 +0000

In 2023, around 9,700 people across the United States were treated in emergency rooms for fireworks-related injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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Cedar Fair, Six Flags announce merger to form $8B company

Houston - Community Impact Newspaper — Fri, 21 Jun 2024 05:00:00 +0000

Cedar Fair—the parent company of Schlitterbahn—and Six Flags are merging companies, after entering merger talks last year.

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Pappasito’s Cantina celebrating 40th anniversary throughout October

Edmond Ortiz — Fri, 06 Oct 2023 21:28:00 +0000

Pappasito’s Cantina, a Houston-based Tex-Mex restaurant chain, is celebrating its 40th anniversary throughout October at all locations.

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13 lawmakers appointed to special state House committee on firearm safety

Hannah Norton — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 21:49:00 +0000

The Texas House Select Committee on Community Safety will tackle bills related to the possession, use, sale and transfer of firearms and ammunition.

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Texas mayors aim to maintain local control during 88th legislative session

Hannah Norton — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 00:36:00 +0000

Expanding access to broadband, increasing mental health services and investing in public schools are also top priorities for the mayors of Texas’ most populous cities.

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See how 16 Texas counties voted in this year’s midterm election

Hannah Norton — Fri, 11 Nov 2022 21:18:00 +0000

Find out what portion of your county's registered voters participated in the Nov. 8 midterm election, March 1 primaries and 2020 general election.

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Gov. Greg Abbott defeats Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke; other Republican incumbents secure third terms in office

Hannah Norton — Wed, 09 Nov 2022 00:42:00 +0000

Check out the latest results in Texas' 2022 midterm election from governor to railroad commissioner.

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Texas economic and business leaders discuss upcoming legislative session

Hannah Norton — Tue, 08 Nov 2022 22:02:00 +0000

In Round Rock, a panel analyzed the top priorities for the 88th Texas Legislature, including education, infrastructure and how lawmakers might use a $27 billion surplus.

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