AUSTIN — The three most powerful players in state government declared their unified support Thursday for an aggressive plan to place a 2.5-percent limit on property tax hikes enacted by school districts, cities and counties.

In the wake of Hurricane Harvey and devastating flooding in Central Texas last year, a key Republican lawmaker has proposed tapping the state rainy day fund for $1.2 billion to pay for flood-control projects.

One of the top priorities for businesses during this session appears to be preserving Chapter 312, an economic development law that lures development through tax abatements.

Texas lawmakers have been calling this legislative session the session of public education. And now they’re backing up that talk with money. This week budget documents were filed showing just how much lawmakers want to put into public education.

AUSTIN — In the opening days of the 2019 legislative session, the state’s three most powerful men sat shoulder to to shoulder, promoting unity and promising this year they’d win where others have failed for decades.