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Many Texans are paying more property taxes than ever because of rising home values. By: David Schecter

The Texas lieutenant governor is among the most powerful posts in state government, commanding  significant influence in shaping debate on bills bubbling up in the Senate as well as those crossing over from the House. A strong lieutenant governor can keep lawmakers on track; an ideologically driven one can derail debate. For this reason, we

By: Dennis Spellman KATY (Covering Katy News) – Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Mike Collier was in Katy last week and had a dire warning — saying the state is going broke, is confiscating property taxes in an effort to cover up that Texas is deeply in debt, and that, in his words, “the day of reckoning

The bi-partisan support group for public schools, Texas Parent PAC, which endorses legislative candidates of both major parties, for the first time endorsed two candidates for statewide office. The group, which was formed in 2005 with a goal of electing more state legislators who would advocate for public education, on Oct. 4 endorsed Democrats Mike

By: Chuck Lindell Seeing education as a defining issue in the Nov. 6 election, two Democratic candidates for statewide office stood in the hot sun Thursday afternoon in Austin to accept the endorsement of a pro-public-schools political action committee. Texas Parent PAC threw its support behind lieutenant governor candidate Mike Collier and attorney general candidate

By: Glenn Evans The Democrat hoping to unseat incumbent Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is banking on a large teacher turnout Nov. 6 so he can lead a charge to adequately fund public schools when lawmakers convene in January 2019. “What we have to do is bring more money into public education, in total, and

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By: Austin Jackson Collier promised to close up a ‘$5 billion’ property tax loophole if elected. He’s been invested in reforming the Equal and Fair property tax law for years. Collier said Equal and Fair unfairly permits commercial property owners to group buildings with less expensive ones across the state, pushing their property taxes lower.

By: Erica Greider On a personal level, I’ve always liked Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, and found him to be less of a caricature than his critics suppose. With that said, I plan on voting for his Democratic challenger, Mike Collier. And I would encourage you to do so too, if only as a rebuke to

Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is challenging the wrong guy to a debate. He should be facing off against his Democratic opponent, Mike Collier, about issues that directly affect Texans. Instead he’s challenging Fox News commentator Geraldo Rivera to a debate over national illegal immigration policies. Texas voters should not let a stunt like that go