AUSTIN — School property tax cuts, border security and pay raises for state employees are among items that should have first call on the state’s nearly $33 billion revenue surplus, according to initial budget plans introduced in the two chambers Wednesday. A Senate proposal first aired by Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick a day earlier — to increase homestead exemptions on …
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January 19, 2023