Candidates jump into Texas comptroller race 18 months before election
Comptroller Glenn Hegar will step down in the coming months to become chancellor of the Texas A&M University System.
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Comptroller Glenn Hegar will step down in the coming months to become chancellor of the Texas A&M University System.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer's postponements come amid expected protests in response to his vote to advance a Republican measure to avert a shutdown.
President Trump is questioning former President Joe Biden's signature on preemptive pardons issued to the members of the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Mahmoud Khalil, a former Columbia University student who is a green card holder, is being threatened with deportation.
The political and legal stakes are being raised over what to call a popular cut of steak in the Lone Star State.
Texas lawmakers against school choice focus on the potential long term costs passing the program could have on taxpayers. A Republican state representative clarifies that, "None of the funding for the ESA program comes from dollars allocated to public education."
Before he departs Austin, Hegar sat down with Jack Fink to speak about some of the top economic issues facing the state.
This week on Eye on Politics, money and meat. The Texas Comptroller sits down for a conversation on the state's economic issues ahead of his departure from his role. State lawmakers discuss the potential long-term affects school choice could have on taxpayers. Beef between Texas and New York over the name for a popular cut of meat.
It all started with Lt. Governor Dan Patrick recently asking on the platform "X" why the New York Strip isn't called the "Texas Strip."
Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar spoke with Jack Fink to speak about some of the top economic issues facing the state.
Democrats at the state Capitol and other school choice opponents are raising concerns about the potential long-term cost of the program.
Presidents are given the extraordinary power by the 227-year-old law to order the arrest, detention and deportation of noncitizens who are 14 years or older and come from countries staging an "invasion or predatory incursion" of the U.S.
President Trump directed his administration to reduce the functions of several agencies to the minimum required by law.
The bill represents a pivot from GOP legislators who have defended the abortion ban in the face of lawsuits and medical scrutiny.
Texas Rep. Brad Buckley of Salado (R), tells Jack Fink about his support for taxpayer-funded education savings accounts. He told Jack that lawmakers would still have to decide how much more money they would want to spend for the program after the first year. As chairman of the Texas House Public Education Committee, he also talks about his support for increased funding for public schools.
