House Ways and Means Committee Rene Oliveira, D-Brownsville, injured his left eye in a fall recently. He's sporting a black eye patch today on the House floor. Though Oliveira obviously was in pain, he smiled when Rep. Jessica Farrar, D-Houston,...
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rene Oliveira, D-Brownsville, wants more small businesses exempted from the business -- or margins -- tax. But because state finances look to be shaky next session, Oliveira wants the greater exemption to be temporary....
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