Texas Best Lobbyist News: Texas Election Candidates Finalized by the Texas Secretary of State The Texas Secretary of State has certified the final list of non-Presidential Candidates for the November 6 elections. You can see who is running in your district by visiting the list at http://www.sos.state.tx.us/elections/forms/races-with-candidates-2012.pdf. If you do not know which district you are in,…
Texas Margin Tax Texas Supreme Court to Hear Arguments Over the Constitutionality of the Texas Margin Tax The Texas Supreme Court agreed to hear oral arguments in a case challenging the Constitutionality of the Texas Margin Tax, which was enacted in 2006. Nestle USA, Inc. asked the Supreme Court to order the Comptroller to refund…
Governor Perry Appoints Kyle Janek and Chris Traylor to Texas Health and Human Services Commission. The following announcement appeared on the Governor of Texas’ official website. The Texas Lobby Group is posting this announcement as a public service for Texas lobbyists, government consultants, elected officials, and other interested parties. After the Supreme Court’s decision to…
Governor Rick Perry discusses the pragmatic issues surrounding illegal immigration in Texas, in particular the issue of high school children brought to Texas as infants illegally, but then graduating from high school and wanting to go to college. However their parents got them here, there is a basic economic factor at play. Do we want…