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Texas has two courts of last resort: the Texas Supreme Court, which hears civil cases, and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Except in the case of some municipal benches, partisan elections choose all of the judges at all levels of the judiciary; the governor fills vacancies by appointment.
The lieutenant governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in the government of Texas, a state in the U.S. It is the second most powerful post in Texas government because its occupant controls the work of the Texas Senate and controls the budgeting process as a leader of the Legislative Budget Board.
Funds for new mansion appropriated after original mansion determined to be structurally unsound in 1952; funds for new mansion appropriated by Legislature in 1953 Plans for new mansion approved and old mansion demolished, 1955 New mansion completed, 1956; re-occupied by governor, spring 1957; expanded, 2005
Governor's Mansion; Texas: Governor's Mansion Texas Speaker's Apartment (at Texas State Capitol) Texas Lieutenant Governor's Apartment (prior to 1983 fire) (at Texas State Capitol) Utah: Governor's Mansion; Vermont: The Pavilion; Virginia: Executive Mansion President's House (President of the College of William & Mary) [30]
Elections are scheduled to be held on November 5, 2024. [4] Seats up for election will be all seats of the Texas Legislature, [5] all 38 seats in the United States House of Representatives, and the Class I seat to the United States Senate, for which two-term incumbent Republican Senator Ted Cruz is running for re-election. [6]
(The Center Square) – Gov. Greg Abbott issued an executive order “to protect Texans from the coordinated harassment and coercion by the People's Republic of China (PRC) or the Chinese ...
L.A's "mansion tax," which took effect last year, could mean the government will take a hit on the sale. Read more: Jenni Rivera's family battles over singer's estate. 'Money, power, greed' tear ...
Established in the Constitution of Texas, the governor's responsibilities include ensuring the enforcement of state laws, the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Texas Legislature, overseeing state agencies, issuing executive orders, proposing and overseeing the state budget, and making key appointments to state offices.