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Flower Mound officials say 2025 legislative session largely avoided harmful land-use changes
Summary
Town staff reported on the 89th Texas Legislature: several bills that would have restricted local land-use authority either were narrowed by population brackets or failed; funding for a local Texas Tech Health Sciences Center campus did not make the final budget.
Town staff briefed the council on results from the recently concluded 89th Texas Legislature, saying several bills the town opposed were either narrowed by population brackets or did not pass, while one rider to support a local Texas Tech Health Sciences Center campus was not included in the final budget.
Brandy (last name not specified), who led the town's Austin lobbying effort, said the delegation and outside advocates secured population brackets that limited the reach of several land-use bills. "Please thank Senator Parker as you…
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