Focus on property tax relief, funding road and drainage improvements and other bipartisan...
— a “once-in-a-lifetime” sum, according to the state’s top accountant.
In an interview from his Capitol office on the first day of the 140-day session, Martinez Fischer — onceas “a soldier prepared to do battle but ready to make peace” — said House Democrats would essentially follow that same approach this session, depending on the direction Republicans go. Phelan added that the state’s overflowing coffers should be spent on property tax relief aimed at “runaway appraisals,” expanding health care access, and addressing a scope of infrastructure needs, including roads, water access, flood control and broadband internet.
Several Democrats said they backed Martinez Fischer’s bid for caucus chair — the position that drives the party’s political and legislative strategy in the lower chamber — because they viewed him as the best option to defeat the most divisive GOP priorities.
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