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Gov. Greg Abbott announced a proposal Aug. 18 to keep cities from increasing property tax revenue if they decrease police department funding. (Screenshot of April 17 press conference)
Gov. Greg Abbott says he will freeze cities' abilities to increase property tax revenue if they cut police funding
Gov. Bill Lee signed Executive Order 50 June 29, extending the statewide state of emergency due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic to Aug. 29 (Dylan Skye Aycock/Community Impact Newspaper)
Gov. Bill Lee extends state of emergency to August 29, continuing alcohol to-go sales and Tennessee Pledge guidelines
Texas schools reopening
Gov. Greg Abbott: Texas students will return to school campuses this fall
Governor Bill Lee’s economic recovery group announced plans to lift capacity restrictions on restaurants and businesses in Tennessee, as well as to reopen larger, non-contact attractions by May 22.. (Dylan Skye Aycock/Community Impact Newspaper)
Governor’s economic recovery group to lift capacity restrictions on retail, dining businesses
State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez announced March 7 he is officially seeking election for the state Senate District 14 seat. (Courtesy Eddie Rodriguez)
State Rep. Eddie Rodriguez officially jumps into race for Kirk Watson’s Senate seat
(Community Impact Newspaper staff)
See who is running to represent Cy-Fair in the 2020 election
Craft beer industry thrives in Spring, Klein as state legislation changes, but brewers say challenges persist
red-light camera
Fort Worth estimates $3.7 million loss with official termination of red-light cameras
Texas state capitol
State Rep. Erin Zwiener to hold town halls in Buda and San Marcos Nov. 12 and 14
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott
Gov. Greg Abbott announces plan for state-sanctioned homeless encampment off US 183 near Montopolis
Texas State Capitol in Austin, TX
Citizens can learn about state, federal redistricting at upcoming training
Tomball Mayor Gretchen Fagan (center) was first elected mayor in 2007. City council members are elected for three-year terms.
Tomball and Magnolia school districts, cities cancel 20 local elections in 10 years
Torchy's Tacos will soon move into the Boardwalk at Towne Lake in Cypress.
TOP STORIES: the 10 most read stories in Cy-Fair during the month of March
Texasu2019 Hispanic residents are hard to count: About 66 percent of the state's residents u2014 and 85 percent of Texas Hispanics u2014 live in census tracts that exceed the national average for low response scores. All of the stateu2019s 5,265 tracts are shown as dots in the chart below, along with the percentage of Hispanics in each tract. An analysis of the data shows that the higher the percentage of Hispanics in a census tract, the more likely the tract is to be hard to count.n
State news: Ahead of 2020 census, Texans are becoming even harder to count
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