Today BetoORourke held a news conference in South Oak Cliff to discuss his plan to provide residential property tax relief by pushing the Legislature to expand Medicaid and legalize marijuana. Read more:
. Although many Republican states have accepted the federal deal to expand Medicaid and get back federal dollars for health care, Abbott and the Republican-controlled Texas Legislature have resisted such a move.
O’Rourke did not include expanding gambling in his plan, though he said he would be open to the state keeping the billions of dollars Texans spend on casinos in states including neighbors Oklahoma and Louisiana. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke listens as State Sen. Nathan Johnson speaks during a press conference in South Oak Cliff, Dallas, Wednesday, April 20, 2022.
“So-called corporate property owners are able to bring down their bills by billions of dollars every single year,” he said. “As governor I’m going to work with the Legislature to ensure that we have full sales price disclosure in the state of Texas so that everyone is paying their fair share, which means that homeowners and renters will pay less.
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