Some developers are using a loophole to get out of paying …
Dec 16, 2024 · In Texas, the government offers tax break incentives for developers who include affordable units in their apartment complexes. The policy is intended to encourage developers to build affordable housing, which is a win for cities at a time when such housing is in short supply.
Here’s what you need to know about Texas’ new vehicle …
Dec 20, 2024 · From KERA News:. A new state law says drivers will no longer need to get an annual vehicle safety inspection starting Jan. 1, 2025. But in urban counties across Texas, emissions tests are still required to get that registration sticker.
Texas Legislature shifts right: What that means for the LGBTQ …
Dec 2, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. The political landscape in Texas has shifted further to the right as we head into the 2025 legislative session. This shift comes after a surge in political campaigns focusing on gender identity and transgender rights, issues that have become a primary focus for conservative lawmakers.LGBTQ rights advocates say the Texas Legislature, now more conservative than ever ...
Rep. David Cook wants to be the next speaker of the House. Who …
Dec 18, 2024 · Michael Minasi / KUT News. State Rep. David Cook has the support of the Republican caucus in his bid for the House speaker role.
The ‘queen of cleaning’ is coming to Texas and looking for its …
Dec 16, 2024 · She calls herself the “queen of cleaning.” With over 4 million subscribers on YouTube and more than a billion views, Finnish cleaner AuriKatariina is coming to Texas in January and February and is looking for the dirtiest houses in the state to clean – for free.. With the permission of the person living there and keeping them completely anonymous, she films herself cleaning – traveling ...
Battleship Texas still searching for a home after Galveston wharves ...
Oct 28, 2024 · The U.S.S. Texas is without a home. The Texas is the only battleship still in existence that served in both World Wars. For decades, it sat in the Houston Ship Channel near San Jacinto Battleground State Historic Site as a museum.
Texas has enabled new hunting restrictions on mountain lions, the …
Dec 3, 2024 · Texas mountain lions – also known as cougars or pumas – have long been a fixture in the state. This year, for the first time, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has put restrictions on hunting Texas’ last big wildcat species.. Lisanne Petracca, a professor of carnivore ecology at the Kleberg Wildlife Research Institute at Texas A&M University Kingsville, spoke with Texas Standard ...
Early voting in Texas is underway. Here is what you need to know
Oct 21, 2024 · From The Texas Newsroom:. Election day is fewer than two weeks away, and while some voters might still be on the fence about whom they’ll cast a ballot for in local, state and national elections, they have another decision to make: Vote early or vote on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Texas lawmakers set to take up fight over Ten Commandments in …
Jun 20, 2024 · The Ten Commandments monument on the grounds of the Texas Capitol has as much do with recent history as it does with ancient history. Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty (BJC), noted that such monuments, which use a translation from the King James Bible, were placed around the country around the time of Cecil B. DeMille’s 1956 biblical epic ...
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January 22, 2025 How President Trump’s energy emergency declaration could impact production in Texas. Given current high production levels, it isn’t clear whether reducing regulation and ending a pause on permitting for energy projects will actually boost the industry.