Columns & Opinions

The death of a Leander High School graduate from a fentanyl overdose has prompted state Rep. Terry Wilson, R-Georgetown, to file a bill that would require 10 hours of education annually concerning the dangers of the drug to students in sixth grade and up, the Austin American-Statesman reported.

Senator Paul Bettencourt (R-Houston) explained the Senate’s unprecedented $16.5 billion Property Tax Relief bills in the Senate Committee on Finance March 15th, 2023. “The Senate Property Tax Plan is eye-popping for 5.72 million Texas Homesteads by saving nearly $800 per year. All 31 Texas Senators signed onto SB 3, the SB 3 Homestead Exemption increase to $70,000, and we just tripled the over-65 and disabled Homestead Exemption to $30,000, too!” Said Senator Bettencourt.

The career of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna brought him to the height of power in Mexican politics, serving as president on eleven different occasions though he preferred to be leading his armies in the field. His career had also brought him nearly into political oblivion. In spite of the many problems Mexico faced and the disaster of his surrender to Gen. Sam Houston at the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836 and his roles in many coups against elected governments, Mexico still reluctantly turned to him in times of crisis by the late 1830s and into the 1840s.