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SENATE ADDS TEACHER PAY INCREASETO PROPERTYTAX PLAN FOR SECOND SPECIAL SESSION After the House and Senate failed to come to an agreement in the first called special session, Governor Greg Abbott called lawmakers back for an immediate session Wednesday to find a way to deliver billions in property tax cuts to Texans. Again, Abbott limited the agenda to bills that only use tax compression, where state revenue is used to buy down local school property tax rates, but added a second issue: legislation to put Texas on a pathway to eliminating school district maintenance and operations property taxes. The House advanced the same measures as last session, approving $17.4 billion in tax compression in committee, but unlike last session, the House didn’t adjourn