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State legislators in Texas make $600 per month, or $7,200 per year, plus a per diem of $221 for every day the Legislature is in session (also including any special sessions). That adds up to $38,140 a year for a regular session (140 days), with the total pay for a two-year term being $45,340.
December marked the 12th consecutive month of growth for Texas’ civilian labor force, achieving the new record high and adding 445,300 jobs over the year, the TWC said. Texas also added 284,200 ...
The Texas House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature. It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms. There are no term limits. The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin.
The State Capitol resembles the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C., but is faced in Texas pink granite and is topped by a statue of the "Goddess of Liberty" holding aloft a five-point Texas star. The capitol is also notable for purposely being built seven feet taller than the U.S. national capitol.
The Department of Public Safety has one of the longest reaches in state government. Last year, the Legislature appropriated $2.3 billion in state and federal funds to operated the agency for the ...
Mar. 12—AUSTIN — Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday released his 2024 Report to the People of Texas looking back over all that was accomplished in 2023 — a year of historic firsts — and ...
1st Texas Legislature: February 16, 1846 [2] May 13, 1846 2nd Texas Legislature: December 13, 1847 March 20, 1848 3rd Texas Legislature: 1849 4th Texas Legislature: 1851 5th Texas Legislature: 1853 6th Texas Legislature: 1855 7th Texas Legislature: 1857 8th Texas Legislature: 1859 [2] 1861 Texas Constitution of 1861 [citation needed] 9th Texas ...
Davis drew a two-year term and was up for re-election in November 2014. [41] In March 2013, she announced her intention to run for re-election to the Senate. [42] On October 3, 2013, she changed her mind and announced a candidacy for governor of Texas instead of re-election to the State Senate. [43]