Texans To Vote On 14 State Constitutional Amendments On November Ballot

Texans will vote on 14 constitutional amendments placed on the November 7th ballot by state lawmakers. Included are amendments that would fund higher education, water infrastructure, gas-fueled power plants, broadband infrastructure, and state parks. Other amendments would grant cost-of-living raises to retired teachers, raise the homestead exemption from 40-thousand-dollars to 100-thousand, ban lawmakers from levying wealth taxes without voter approval, and raise the mandatory retirement age for state judges.