After a monthslong standoff among Texas’ top Republicans, state GOP lawmakers finally struck a deal Monday on how to cut Texans’ property taxes (via Texas Tribune)
Karen Brooks Harper and Joshua Fechter, The Texas TribuneA roofing crew begins to shingle a home under construction in the Pavilion Park development in north Midland on March 14, 2022.
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