This Week in Texas: Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Posted February 6, 2018 in The Mignon Memo

Separate election triggered.

Rep. Leighton Schubert (R-Caldwell) has announced he is stepping down from office effective February 4th to accept a position at Blinn College in Brenham. Schubert’s early resignation triggers a special election separate from the March 6th primary for HD-13. The special election will determine who will finish out the remaining term. To read more…

A Texan for U.S. House Appropriations Committee Chair?

An unexpected retirement announcement by U.S. Rep. Rodney Frelinghuysen (R-New Jersey), chair of the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, has many looking to U.S. Rep. Kay Granger (R-Fort Worth) as a possible successor. Granger was first elected to Congress in 1996 and is currently the only female Republican from Texas serving. To read more…

Texas economy growing, but not its coffers.

Tax revenues may be increasing, but that doesn’t mean budget writers will have more money to appropriate for the next budget cycle. Comptroller Glenn Hegar has estimated a beginning balance as low as $94 million when the Legislature meets again in 2019. In 2017, the state had an $880 million beginning balance, and in 2015 a $7.3 billion beginning balance. To read more…

Only in Austin…

Fonda San Miguel has consistently been named one of the country’s top Mexican restaurants since it was founded in 1975. The food is deliciously authentic interior Mexican, and the hacienda style building is beautifully decorated with Mexican antiques, Talavera tiles, and hand-thrown pottery. Happy Hour in the courtyard is an Austin bucket list to do. To read more…