Governor Greg Abbott has announced a set of proposals addressing property taxes. The recent HillCo Client News Flash contained language directly from his press release, which can be read in its entirety here: https://www.gregabbott.com/governor-abbott-rolls-plan-rein-texas-property-taxes/ [...]
Governor Greg Abbott has announced a set of proposals addressing property taxes. Abbott states in his press release the following details on each of his proposals: Restraining the [...]
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Disaster Impact and Recovery met on January 12 to consider the following interim charge: “Examine the use of federal funds by state agencies responding to [...]
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has appointed Steven Alvis to the Texas Facilities Commission. Steven Alvis is the co-founder and managing partner of NewQuest Properties which currently represents more than 75 national, [...]
Texas House Speaker Joe Straus has named state Representatives Chris Paddie (R-Marshall), Stan Lambert (R-Abilene), and Alfonso “Poncho” Nevarez (D-Eagle Pass) to the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission. The Sunset Commission [...]
The House Committee on Land & Resource Management met in Corpus Christi on 12/20/17 to hear invited and public testimony on an interim charge relating to the General Land Office’s [...]
Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick has appointed Joseph Slovacek to the Texas Ethics Commission. Slovacek, a University of Houston Law School graduate, has been with Hoover Slovacek, LLP, law firm for over [...]
For the latest updates on all legislative committee hearings, visit "Legislative News from Texas" frequently to confirm hearings since dates and times can and do change. Standing committee hearings held at the Capitol, live and archived, [...]
Senate Republicans - Donna Campbell, Craig Estes, Bob Hall, Joan Huffman, Charles Schwertner, and Kel Seliger Senate Democrats - John Whitmire House Republicans - Rodney Anderson, Ernest Bailes, Kyle Biedermann, [...]
HillCo Partners has spotlighted a selection of House and Senate interim charges and categorized them below in an abbreviated format. A comprehensive list of Senate Interim Charges (1stand 2nd) and House [...]