Texas voters gave retired teachers raises and approved new infrastructure funds, as most constitutional amendments passed in the Tuesday, Nov. 7 statewide election.
Property tax cuts, a raise for retired teachers and billions in investments in infrastructure, research, tech and energy were approved by voters Tuesday.
Voters weighed 14 constitutional amendments on the ballot, but Proposition 13, which would have allowed judges to retire at a later age, was rejected, with barely over one-third of Texans voting for it.
And a few others — including a property tax exemption for biomedical inventory and equipment from property taxes and one to eliminate Galveston County’s treasurer position—were passed by only slim margins.
The most definitive support went to Prop 4, the $18 billion property tax relief measure, which had 83% of the vote.
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