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OPINIONS 20-0729 State of Texas v. Harris County Clerk Chris Hollins from Harris County and the 14th Court of Appeals ¶ For petitioner: Kyle D. Hawkins, Austin ¶ For respondent: Susan Hays, Austin REVERSED AND REMANDED, per curiam opinion: The issue is whether the Harris County clerk’s plans to send mail-in ballot applications to all county voters should be halted as illegal, beyond the clerk’s specified powers under the Texas Election Code, that will cause irreparable harm if not stopped. In this case the trial court denied the state’s request for a temporary injunction because it determined the Harris County...

Texas school districts illegally tax property owners to pay for public education and the state must find a new way to fund schools by June 1 or classrooms will remain closed in the fall, the Texas Supreme Court ruled Tuesday. Texas' highest civil court ruled that the property taxes for schools have become an unconstitutional statewide property tax and charged lawmakers with repairing the $30 billion funding system. State funding would be stopped if the deadline isn't met.