The usual anti-tax activists are -- huh? -- for this tax increase. And some of the usual anti-tobacco crowd -- poobahs of organized medicine -- are reluctantly dirtying their hands by grabbing some tobacco tax money for their pet cause....
Texas Association of Business president Bill Hammond has a two-track message going as fallout continues over Gov. Rick Perry's rejection of federal stimulus money for unemployment insurance last week. The theme song from the old TV show "Bonanza" could be...