The Texan Podcast - Daily Rundown - September 25, 2024
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Howdy folks, today is Wednesday, September 25th, and you're listening to the Texans Daily Rundown.
I'm the Texans Media and Marketing Manager, Mazalyn Jordan, and here is the rundown of today's news in Texas politics.
First up, the new 15th Court of Appeals unanimously denied the Attorney General Ken Paxton's request for a stay or injunction to
block the State Fair of Texas from enforcing its ban on concealed carry prior to the fair's opening
on Friday, September 27. Paxton can still appeal to the Texas Supreme Court. Next, the U.S. House
of Representatives approved a bill on Monday aimed at streamlining permitting laws to facilitate the
domestic construction of semiconductor factories.
The bipartisan legislation passed by a vote of 257 to 125, with 49 members not voting,
and now moves to the President's desk for approval.
The bill passed the Senate last year and was passed in the House of Representatives this week as the, quote, Kelly-Cruz Substitute Amendment.
Senators Ted Cruz and Mark Kelly submitted the amended text
of their Senate bill in December 2023. When a bill passes as a, quote, substitute amendment
in Congress, the original text is entirely replaced with new content. This new version
of the bill, offered as an amendment, becomes the text that is voted on and passed. It aims
to accelerate the construction of U.S. semiconductor facilities as the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors, or CHIPS, and Science Act of 2022 has made over $50 billion available to promote domestic production and innovation.
It will also streamline federal permitting by designating the Department of Commerce as the lead agency for National Environmental Policy Act, or NEPA,
reviews, exempting certain projects from NEPA, providing the Secretary of Commerce with greater
authority to expedite reviews in coordination with state and local government and limiting
court challenge timelines. In other news, a poll of new registered voters in Texas
from Texans United for a Conservative Majority and
CWS Research shows 45% support for incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz and 37% support
for his Democratic challenger, Representative Colin Allred, with 18% undecided. Of those polls,
57% say that they would be more likely to vote for a Republican candidate if the 2024 general election
were held today, while 43% said that they would be more likely to vote for Democrats.
Last but not least, this week, the Carroll Independent School District approved a property
tax rate below its no new revenue rate. David Johnson, the assistant superintendent for financial
services, told the board of trustees, quote, this is the sixth consecutive year of tax
rate decrease in Carroll ISD, end quote. The tax rate in 2018 was around $1.39 per $100 valuation
and has now been reduced to under $0.97, a decrease of 31% over the last six years, Johnson said.
The total tax rate in Carroll ISD for fiscal year 2025 will be $96.17 per $100
valuation. Of that rate, $66.69 are for maintenance and operations and $29.48 are for the interest
and sinking or debt payment fund. The newly adopted rate is $0.04 lower than the rate adopted
in fiscal year 2024 and falls just below the no new revenue rate of $96.04 lower than the rate adopted in fiscal year 2024 and falls just below the
no new revenue rate of $0.9617 per $100 valuation. The no new revenue rate is the state calculated
rate at which school districts would receive the same amount of taxes if the rate were
applied to the same properties taxed in both years.
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