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Sylvester Turner on HB11 border security bill March 18, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414093419/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/03/18/HB11Border245finger_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Ways and Means chair State Rep.Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, while debating State Rep. Sylvester Turner on HB11 border security bill March 18, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Ways and Means chair State Rep.Dennis Bonnen, R-Angleton, while debating State Rep. Sylvester Turner on HB11 border security bill March 18, 2015.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/house-envisions-historic-tax-cut/"> House Envisions a Historic Tax Cut </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 9 Apr 2015 23:08:00 -0500" title="2015-04-09 23:08"> April 9, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>The proposal from House Ways and Means Chairman </span><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/directory/dennis-bonnen/">Dennis Bonnen</a><span>, R-Angleton, to cut the state sales tax rate by 0.3 percent is nothing short of historic.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/house-envisions-historic-tax-cut/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/glance-sizing-tax-relief-lege-productivity/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414093419im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/15/PerryFinal453_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Gov. Rick Perry delivers a farewell speech to a joint session of the Texas House and Senate on Jan. 15, 2015."> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414093419/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/15/PerryFinal453_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Gov. Rick Perry delivers a farewell speech to a joint session of the Texas House and Senate on Jan. 15, 2015." class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Bob Daemmrich </cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Gov. Rick Perry delivers a farewell speech to a joint session of the Texas House and Senate on Jan. 15, 2015.</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/glance-sizing-tax-relief-lege-productivity/"> At a Glance: Sizing Up Tax Relief, Lege Productivity </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 9 Apr 2015 23:06:00 -0500" title="2015-04-09 23:06"> April 9, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Also getting our attention this week were a couple of size-ups on where lawmakers are on the competing tax relief packages and on comparing legislative productivity between this session and last session.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/glance-sizing-tax-relief-lege-productivity/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/tesla-bill-losing-momentum/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414093419im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/15/UP9A0772_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt="Tesla vehicle on display outside the Texas Capitol on January 15th, 2015"> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414093419/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/2015/01/15/UP9A0772_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="Tesla vehicle on display outside the Texas Capitol on January 15th, 2015" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Marjorie Kamys Cotera</cite> </div> <div class="photo_caption">Tesla vehicle on display outside the Texas Capitol on January 15th, 2015</div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/tesla-bill-losing-momentum/"> Is the Tesla Bill Losing Momentum? </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/jim-malewitz/">Jim Malewitz</a>, <a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/morgan-smith/">Morgan Smith</a> and <a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/julian-aguilar/">Juli谩n Aguilar</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 9 Apr 2015 23:04:00 -0500" title="2015-04-09 23:04"> April 9, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p>Also, the latest maneuverings on repealing the Dream Act as well as rejiggering the funding systems for schools and roads.</p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/tesla-bill-losing-momentum/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/inside-intelligence-about-those-dueling-tax-cuts/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414093419im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/inside_intelligence-logo_1_png_260x1000_q100.png" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414093419/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/inside_intelligence-logo_1_png_800x1000_q100.png" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/inside-intelligence-about-those-dueling-tax-cuts/"> Inside Intelligence: About Those Dueling Tax Cuts... </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by <a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/about/staff/reynolds-john/">John Reynolds</a></li><li><time datetime="Thu, 9 Apr 2015 23:02:00 -0500" title="2015-04-09 23:02"> April 9, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>For this week’s nonscientific survey of insiders in government and politics, we asked about the dueling proposals for tax relief in the Lege and we included some handicapping of the prospects for some hot-button bills.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/inside-intelligence-about-those-dueling-tax-cuts/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> <article> <div class="media story_page"> <a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/calendar/"> <img src="//web.archive.org/web/20150414093419im_/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Capsized4_jpg_260x1000_q100.jpg" alt=""> </a> <div class="photo_links"> <a href="//web.archive.org/web/20150414093419/http://s3.amazonaws.com/static.texastribune.org/media/images/Capsized4_jpg_800x1000_q100.jpg" title="" class="lightbox enlarge">Enlarge</a> <cite>photo by: Todd Wiseman</cite> </div> </div> <div class="text_column"> <header> <h1><a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/calendar/"> The Calendar </a></h1> <ul class="meta separator"><li class="byline"> by Texas Weekly </li><li><time datetime="Thu, 9 Apr 2015 23:00:00 -0500" title="2015-04-09 23:00"> April 9, 2015 </time></li></ul> </header> <div class="summary"> <p><span>Key meetings and events for the coming week.</span></p> <a class="permalink" href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/calendar/"> <i class="icon-share-alt"></i> Full Story </a> </div> </div> </article> </div> <div class="rail cell w-4"> <div class="quotes"> <section class="sidebar_block"> <header> <h2><a href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/quotes/">Quotes of the Week</a></h2> </header> <div class="content prose"> <p class="quote">I wanted to quit while I can still do my job. I covered the Senate long enough to see people carried out on a gurney, and I didn’t want to be one of those people in my profession.</p> <p class="cite">Veteran newsman and Texas native <strong>Bob Schieffer</strong>, explaining his decision to retire from the news business this summer</p> <p class="quote">People who talk about re-election during the session should be shot.</p> <p class="cite">State Sen. <strong>Kevin Eltife</strong>, R-Tyler, who is at least 52 days away from deciding whether he's running for re-election</p> <p class="quote">The joke is that at the Thanksgiving dinner table they throw turkey legs at each other.</p> <p class="cite">Former <strong>Ron Paul</strong> travel aide <strong>Eric Dondero</strong> on the extent of disagreements between Ron and his son, <strong>Rand Paul</strong></p> <p class="quote">A white man just walks up to me and starts grabbing me. What do you do?</p> <p class="cite">State Rep. <strong>Borris Miles</strong>, D-Houston, relaying his version of an encounter with a plainclothes DPS trooper on security detail for Attorney General <strong>Ken Paxton</strong></p> <p class="quote">At the end of the day I think there are a finite number of slots in our universities and those should be reserved for Texas citizens.</p> <p class="cite">State Sen. <strong>Donna Campbell</strong>, R-New Braunfels, arguing in favor of reversing the 2001 law offering in-state tuition for certain undocumented high school graduates</p> <p class="quote">It’s in the act of becoming an American that higher education becomes very personal.</p> <p class="cite"><span>Higher Education Coordinating Board Commissioner <strong>Raymund Paredes</strong>, arguing that the offer of in-state tuition rates is not an immediate driver of illegal immigration</span></p> </div> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="grid index_bottom" style="padding-top: 1em;"> <section id="rearview" class="cell w-6"> <header> <h2><a class="plain" href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/rearview/">The Week in the Rearview Mirror</a></h2> </header> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Senate Finance gave its OK to a $211.4 billion two-year budget. The document now goes to the full Senate, where it is expected to be debated early next week.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>A Senate committee this week passed out two bills — on sanctuary cities and ending in-state tuition for undocumented students — that are high on Republicans' immigration agenda. The legislation moves to the Senate floor for further consideration.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>The Senate has acted to move the state's public integrity unit from the Travis County district attorney. Under the compromise plan, investigations of public officials would rest with the Texas Rangers.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>The House this week approved legislation that would provide incentives for school districts to implement a free, "high quality" pre-kindergarten program. The early education initiative is a priority item in Gov. <strong>Greg Abbott</strong>'s legislative agenda.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><span>The University of Texas System Board of Regents will allow member <strong>Wallace Hall</strong> to see some data and documents compiled during an outside investigation into outside influence on UT-Austin admissions. The decision was made during a contentious regents' teleconference meeting on Wednesday. Hall didn't have the backing of a majority but only needed two votes to have his request granted.</span></p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><em>Disclosure: The University of Texas at Austin is a corporate sponsor of The Texas Tribune. <i></i><em>A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/support-us/donors-and-members/">here</a>.</em></em><span> </span></p> </div> </article> </section> <section id="people" class="cell w-6"> <header> <h2><a class="plain" href="/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/texas-weekly/vol-32/no-14/people/">Political People and their Moves</a></h2> </header> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Mickey Long</strong> and <strong>Debbie Montford</strong> have been elected chairman and vice chairwoman, respectively, of t<span>he Texas Tech University System </span>Board of Regents. Long, appointed to the board in 2009 and recently reappointed, will serve a second consecutive term as board chairman. Montford was first appointed to the board in 2010 and was reappointed a year later.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>University of Texas System Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs <strong>Pedro Reyes</strong> announced that he is stepping down to work full-time as a teacher and researcher. Reyes held the system job since 2012.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>Today is Speaker's Reunion Day in the Texas House. Six former speakers are expected to be on hand: <strong>Jimmy Turman</strong>, <strong>Ben Barnes</strong>, <strong>Gib Lewis</strong>, <strong>Pete Laney</strong>, <strong>Tom Craddick</strong> and <strong>Rayford Price</strong>.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p>The runoff special election between <strong>Ina Minjarez</strong> and <strong>Delicia Herrera</strong> for the Bexar County-based House District 124 has been set for April 21. Early voting in the contest will happen April 13-17.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><strong>Bo French</strong> announced this week that he will seek the Tarrant County-based House District 99 seat currently held by House Administration Chairman <strong>Charlie Geren</strong>, R-Fort Worth. French is a former business partner and friend to <strong>Chris Kyle</strong>, the former Navy SEAL whose life was recently depicted on screen in <em>American Sniper</em>.</p> </div> </article> <article> <div class="content"> <p><em>Disclosure: <em>Ben and Melanie Barnes </em><i><em>have been major donors to the Tribune. </em></i><em>A complete list of Tribune donors and sponsors can be viewed <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150414093419/http://www.texastribune.org/support-us/donors-and-members/">here</a>.</em></em><span> </span></p> </div> </article> </section> </div> </div> </div> <div class="wrapper-r"> <footer id="site_footer" class="wrapper-r"> <div id="footer" class="clear grid"> <div class="cell w-3"> <div> <h2 class="visuallyhidden">Texas Weekly</h2> <p> <span class="volume">Volume <span class="value">32</span></span>, <span class="issue">Issue <span class="value">14</span></span> </p> <p><time>10 April 2015</time></p> <p>Contributors: <span class="name">John 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