NEWS
Texas Legislature opens 88th session on Jan. 10
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
When the gavel opens the 88th Texas Legislative session on Jan. 10 elected leaders are expected to address many of the same topics they have in recent years such as public education, guns, energy and voting rights; however, they also will try to figure out how to use the state’s massive budget surplus, a projected $27 billion.
Governor Greg Abbott throughout his campaign against Democrat Beto O’Rourke promised voters he would use at least half of it for property tax relief. The Legislative Budget Board recently voted to allow legislators to spend about $12.5 billion more in the next budget cycle compared to the previous biennium. If the governor wants to spend more, about $13 billion, lawmakers would have to address a constitutional spending cap.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News, and see some of the pre-filed bills from the local representatives that represent Montague County.
The Nocona City Council approved a trio of Nocona Economic Development Corporation requests and considered infrastructure work questioned by a city council.
Councilors met on June 10. Two of the NEDC requests had already been presented with the timeclock for comment started. With that time limit over, the requests were finalized.
The Type A and B Boards will spend $19,225 at the Indian Oaks Golf Club for equipment, aerifying and top dressing the greens and batteries for rental carts. It also will expend $20,000 to the Nocona Chisholm Trail Rodeo Arena Committee to build new concrete bleachers, railings, fence and platform.
The third NEDC request is a new one related to a Type B board loan of $200,000 to Amy and Chris Nunneley for a new apartment and office construction project.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves the Thursday Bowie News to a Friday delivery date
It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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