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Austin lobbying powerhouse HillCo Partners quietly gives free rent to legislators' group -- despite in-session ban on donations One of the state's most powerful and connected lobbying firms has given thousands of dollars' worth of free office rent to the state Mexican American Legislative Caucus and its nonprofit foundation despite state laws that...

Increase would put Texas lottery director salary ahead of NYContinued from page 1.The lottery commission did, however, vote 3-0 at its Nov. 17 meeting in Austin to revive the executive director issue by seeking to offer more pay. Williamson and Kuempel insist the current salary did not, in and of...

Salary for Texas Lottery's executive director could get boost AUSTIN -- Texas budget officials are considering allowing the Texas Lottery Commission to increase the annual salary for the lottery's executive director by almost 32 percent to $185,350 in the hope of filling a job that has...

Texas state senators travel in style; taxpayer money used for luxury hotels, private planes A $3,000, seven-day junket in Maui, staying at a resort boasting a spa that "sets a new standard for head-to-toe pampering in paradise." Overnight stays at a Ritz-Carlton in New York, a luxury hotel on Manhattan's...