The news of Texas covered today includes:

Our Lone Star story of the day: New levels of deception on Bond debt issuance claiming “it will not raise taxes” if passed: Bond Deception – Texas Public Policy Foundation.

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Texas wins again: 21st year to be named Best State for Business by Chief Executive magazine. Note how the former powerhouses of Illinois, New York, and California, now the nation’s most extreme Democrat Party machine states, remain at the bottom of the list.

Dallas Fed: Growth in Texas manufacturing; outlook turns negative.

A few Texas House conservatives flexed their muscle Friday and as is usually the case, the insider power crowd in Austin threw fits about it. Much credit to the Texas Tribune that most accurately described what happened and why. The Statesman went with the somewhat misleading but typical insider soap opera approach with this approach: ‘Burn it all down’: Hardline conservative bloc declares war on Texas House GOP leadership. If you read the Tribune story it’s as if this were a different event.

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