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Voters approve all 17 proposed amendments

Texas voters approved all 17 constitutional amendments on the ballot last week, the Houston Chronicle reported. Those included measures to raise the homestead exemption and reduce property taxes for businesses, and to provide $1 billion annually for a statewide water fund. Other propositions passed would allow judges to deny bail to people accused of serious crimes and create a $3 billion dementia research fund.

This Isn’t Rocket Science: Tariffs don’t penalize exporters

When I wrote a column last week crediting President Trump with Mexico’s release of the water it’s owed the Rio Grande Valley by saying no to Mexico’s request for more water west of the Continental Divide, tit for tat, a friend told me: “It’s good that you wrote that about the water because you don’t want to come across as a guy who is always bashing Trump.”

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