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AUSTIN — Texas’ two top GOP leaders are edging further apart on how to cut property taxes. Could a long summer of sniping, not compromising, lie ahead? Here’s what’s at stake: The state has gobs of extra money and during last fall’s campaign, Gov. Greg Abbott promised a historic amount of property tax relief. But not until near the end …

AUSTIN — In each of the past two years, Gov. Greg Abbott and first lady Cecilia Abbott have paid about $12,000 or $13,000 a year of federal income tax, according to returns his office released late Wednesday. Abbott is believed to still receive considerably more from the lawsuit settlement over the 1984 jogging accident that left him in a wheelchair …